New para military battalions to be deployed to counter Maoist violence in C’garh
4 months, 4 weeks ago

New para military battalions to be deployed to counter Maoist violence in C’garh

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: Chhattisgarh police will be deploying at least four new battalions of the paramilitary forces, around 2,800 personnel, in a couple of months in the war-zone Bastar region, officials familiar with the development said. One battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force consists of at least 700 personnel, which means around 2,800 personnel will be in this area in the next few months, officials said. Most of the new companies would be deployed in Maoist core areas, which will curtail the movement of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army and battalion number-1 of Maoists,” another police officer posted in the Maoist-affected district said. According to the Chhattisgarh police, there are around 60,000 security personnel deployed in the Bastar region, including 40,000 central forces and 20,000 state police personnel.

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Four Maoists Killed in Encounter in South Bastar
5 days, 19 hours ago

Four Maoists Killed in Encounter in South Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Four Maoists including two women were on Sunday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmad area under Narayanpur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh. The encounter took place in the core area of Maoists in the borders of the districts of Narayanpur and Dantewada in south Bastar, falling under Abujhmad, police said. A joint search operation …

2 jawans injured in gunfight with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma: Police
2 weeks, 4 days ago

2 jawans injured in gunfight with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma: Police

Hindustan Times  

Two jawans were injured in a gunfight between Maoists and security forces after Maoists launched an attack on the Central Reserve Police Force ’s base camp at Gomguda in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday night, police said, adding that the condition of the injured is reported to be stable. Sukma superintendent of police Kiran Chauhan said that the establishment of …

Forces Gun Down 7 Maoists in Bastar
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Forces Gun Down 7 Maoists in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: The security forces on Thursday gunned down nearly seven Maoists in an encounter in south Abujhmad under Narayanpur district in Bastar. A senior police officer monitoring the counterinsurgency operation said that the encounter took place at around 3 am in the forest of south Abujhmad. According to the officer, a joint team of around 1,000 security personnel, mobilised from …

Chhattisgarh: Maoists attack security camp in Bastar, 5 Naxals carrying cumulative bounty of Rs 11 lakh surrender
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: Maoists attack security camp in Bastar, 5 Naxals carrying cumulative bounty of Rs 11 lakh surrender

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Maoists attacked a security camp in Bijapur district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh late on Thursday night, leading to fierce gunbattle between them, police said. The Maoist attack on the forward base camp at Gidpalli under Pamed police station came at around eight pm on Thursday leading to a heavy exchange of fire between the ultras and security personnel …

Shah likely to spend night at forward base in Bastar next week
1 month ago

Shah likely to spend night at forward base in Bastar next week

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Chhattisgarh next week and spend a night at a forward base in the Maoist hotbed of Bastar, people aware of the matter said on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai met Shah in Delhi and briefed him about the anti-Maoist operation underway in the state, people aware of the …

5 Maoists killed in encounter in Abujhmad forest: Chhattisgarh Police
1 month, 3 weeks ago

5 Maoists killed in encounter in Abujhmad forest: Chhattisgarh Police

Hindustan Times  

Five Maoists were killed and two security personnel sustained injuries in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmad forest on the borders of Kanker and Narayanpur districts of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said, adding that the combing operation is still going on. “Since 8am, a fierce encounter has been underway between the joint forces of the District Reserve Guard, Special …

2 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter, says Chhattisgarh Police
2 months ago

2 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter, says Chhattisgarh Police

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: Two alleged Maoists were killed in a gunfight with a joint team of security personnel in south Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, police said. Bastar District Inspector General of Police, Bastar range, Sunderraj P said the gunfight took place around 11am in a dense forest near the tri-junction of Usoor, Basaguda, and Pamed villages. “Once the exchange of fire …

Maoist Attack on Tribal Market Leaves 2 Police Constables Injured
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2 months, 1 week ago

Maoist Attack on Tribal Market Leaves 2 Police Constables Injured

Deccan Chronicle  

Two security personnel were injured in a Maoist attack in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The attack took place in a tribal weekly market when two Chhattisgarh policemen were keeping vigil on movements of suspected Naxals in the Jagargunda weekly market. The Maoists, who were in civil dress, fled the spot along with the service rifles of the two cops after committing the …

Amit Shah chairs high-level meet on anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Amit Shah chairs high-level meet on anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah chaired an inter-state coordination meeting of states affected by Naxal violence on Saturday in Chhattisgarh, as the Centre is aiming to end the reign of red ultras in the next one year. The high-level meeting is being attended by the Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, including the dy CM and Union ministers …

C’garh : 5 Maoists killed in encounter in Abujhmad under Bastar, 3 jawans injured
7 months ago

C’garh : 5 Maoists killed in encounter in Abujhmad under Bastar, 3 jawans injured

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Five Maoists were on Friday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmad area under Bastar in Chhattisgarh. In the biggest ever strike against Maoists by security forces in Bastar, 29 Naxals were killed in Kanker district on April 16. On April 30, ten Maoists including three women cadres were gunned down in an encounter with security …

C’garh: Counterinsurgency strategy set for revamp post-general elections, campaign to free Maoist stronghold Abujhmad to be intensified
7 months, 1 week ago

C’garh: Counterinsurgency strategy set for revamp post-general elections, campaign to free Maoist stronghold Abujhmad to be intensified

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: The counterinsurgency strategy in the Leftwing extremism-hit Bastar in Chhattisgarh may be completely revamped in the coming days to intensify campaigns by the security forces to push Maoists off their strongholds, particularly Abujhmad. Security brass is mulling strengthening counterinsurgency forces in Bastar further with deployment of additional Central Para Military Forces in the core areas of Maoists, the police …

7 more Maoists shot dead in their core turf in South Chhattisgarh
7 months, 2 weeks ago

7 more Maoists shot dead in their core turf in South Chhattisgarh

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: Security forces on Thursday shot dead seven armed Maoists in their core stronghold area along the forested terrain of inter-district border of Narayanpur-Bijapur in south Chhattisgarh. In all, 115 Maoists have been eliminated by the security forces since December, when aggressive operations were launched across Bastar. “Security personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guards from three districts — Narayanpur, …

Ten Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh
8 months, 1 week ago

Ten Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: In yet another encounter with the security personnel, as many as ten Maoists including three women fighters were killed in Tekmeta-Kakur forested terrain along the borders of Maoist-affected districts of Narayanpur and Kanker in south Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The state Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma confirming the incident said that the forces have also recovered arms, explosives and ammunition …

Chhattisgarh: Two commanders among Maoists killed in Kanker; nine identified
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Two commanders among Maoists killed in Kanker; nine identified

Hindustan Times  

A day after there was a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district in which 29 Maoists were killed, senior police officials said they had identified nine of the dead, of whom two are key commanders Shankar Rao and Lalita Meravi, and that there were 15 women cadre among those that had perished in the exchange of fire. Security personnel check …

29 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Bastar’s Kanker
8 months, 3 weeks ago

29 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Bastar’s Kanker

Hindustan Times  

At least 29 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bastar’s Kanker district on Tuesday, said a senior official of the Chhattisgarh Police. Because of the thoughtful reinforcement Maoists faced maximum loss with minimum injuries of security forces,” said the official. With the latest encounter, 68 Maoists have been killed so far since December 2023 in separate …

Three more Maoists killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh
9 months ago

Three more Maoists killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Three suspected Maoists were on Saturday morning killed in an encounter by security forces in a dense forest in Bijapur district near the shared border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, taking the number of insurgents killed thus far this year to 50, up from 22 in all of 2023, and indicting a significant surge in aggression — from both state forces …

Maoist-hit Bastar navigates rising hostility ahead of polls
9 months ago

Maoist-hit Bastar navigates rising hostility ahead of polls

Hindustan Times  

Even as south Chhattisgarh’s Bastar has seen a significant uptick in aggression between security forces and Maoists in the first few months of 2024, with 19 alleged Maoists killed in the last week alone, both political parties and the administration are looking for ways to navigate the increased hostility with the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency scheduled to go to polls …

Mindless violence: The Hindu Editorial on the threat Maoists still pose
1 year, 8 months ago

Mindless violence: The Hindu Editorial on the threat Maoists still pose

The Hindu  

Less than two years ago, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had told leaders and representatives of various States that the influence of the Maoists had reduced from 96 districts in 10 States in 2010 to just 41 by late 2021. Close observers of the Maoist insurgency had warned that despite the Maoists’ decline, they were still active in South …

CRPF begins recruitment for Bastariya Battalion to eliminate Naxalism in Chhattisgarh
2 years, 2 months ago

CRPF begins recruitment for Bastariya Battalion to eliminate Naxalism in Chhattisgarh

Firstpost  

The move comes almost four months after the Central government eased educational and physical criteria for Chhattisgarh tribals to help them join the CRPF. The move comes almost four months after the Central government eased educational criteria for Chhattisgarh tribals to join the CRPF.In June this year, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, relaxed eligibility criteria for …

Tackling the Maoists: The Hindu Editorial on Left Wing Extremism
3 years, 3 months ago

Tackling the Maoists: The Hindu Editorial on Left Wing Extremism

The Hindu  

In a meeting with State leaders and representatives, Home Minister Amit Shah noted that the geographical influence of the Maoists has reduced from 96 districts in 10 States in 2010 to 41 now. Armed struggle has found few takers beyond select pockets untouched by development or linkages with the welfare state; and far from consolidating its presence — a prospect …

Sukma And Gadchiroli: The Boiling Pots Of Left-Wing Extremism
3 years, 7 months ago

Sukma And Gadchiroli: The Boiling Pots Of Left-Wing Extremism

News 18  

The police and the security forces had some good news from the Maoist-affected areas of Sukma district of Chhattisgarh and Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra recently. Though security forces keep facing setbacks, including a few major ones, on the whole they are succeeding in gaining more territory slowly — which is quickly followed by development projects by states, ably supported by …

In Pursuit of a Shadow: Who is Maoist Leader Madvi Hidma, the Suspect in Bijapur Ambush?
3 years, 9 months ago

In Pursuit of a Shadow: Who is Maoist Leader Madvi Hidma, the Suspect in Bijapur Ambush?

News 18  

Lurking in the jungles of Dandakaranya, to many locals he is like a shadow without a body. There are no recent photographs of Madvi Hidma, believed to be around 40 years old, a tribal from Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, and the suspected mastermind of the April 3 Naxal ambush in the remote Tarrem area in which 22 security personnel were killed. …

After Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, Amit Shah vows befitting reply
3 years, 9 months ago

After Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, Amit Shah vows befitting reply

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah, who cut short his visit to poll-bound Assam and returned to Delhi in the wake of a Maoist attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh, took stock of the situation and said search operation is still on. The gunfight took place in a forest along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh, the police …

Four Maoists killed in ultra-Left Bastar as security forces intensify ops against insurgents ahead of Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 9 months ago

Four Maoists killed in ultra-Left Bastar as security forces intensify ops against insurgents ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Firstpost  

With a fortnight to go for the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-hotbed Bastar, security forces have intensified their operations against the ultra-Left insurgents, killing four of them, including two women, on Tuesday With a fortnight to go for the first phase of polling on 11 April in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-hotbed Bastar region, the security forces — both central and …

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