Chhattisgarh: 8 slain Maoists include Area Committee, Militia Company members
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 8 slain Maoists include Area Committee, Militia Company members

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: An Area Committee Member of the banned CPI and members of its Militia Company were among the eight Maoists killed in Saturday’s encounter between them and security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Sunday. A Maoist camp was destroyed and one INSAS rifle, two 12-bore guns and one BGL launcher were recovered from the encounter site along with weapons and a large cache of Maoist materials. “The Maoists killed in the encounter belonged to the Gangloor Area Committee of the West Bastar Division, including ACM and Militia Company members,” said the inspector general of police, Bastar range, Sunderaj P. The IG said that the slain Maoists included Kamlesh Neelkanth, ACM, Gangloor Area Committee, West Bastar Division, who had a reward of ₹5 lakh, Tati Kamlu, LOS Member of Gangloor, carrying ₹3 lakh reward, Mangal Tati, LOS Member of Gangloor and Lachhu Potam, Militia Commander. Bijapur superintendent of police Jitendra Kumar Yadav said that intelligence was received about the presence of armed Maoists, including DVCM Dinesh Modiyam, PLGA Company number- 02, PLGA Platoon, and Militia Company, in the Torka-Korcholi forests under Gangloor Police Station in West Bastar Division.

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Suspected Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh: Police
19 hours, 10 minutes ago

Suspected Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh: Police

Hindustan Times  

A suspected Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Monday, an official said. Police said that the encounter took place at around 9am in a forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts. We have recovered a body till now and more search is underway,” said Dantewada superintendent of police Gaurav Rai. The …

50 Maoists surrender in Bijapur ahead of PM Modi’s Chhattisgarh visit
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1 day, 11 hours ago

50 Maoists surrender in Bijapur ahead of PM Modi’s Chhattisgarh visit

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: Fifty Maoists, including 14 with a cumulative bounty of ₹68 lakh, surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. According to police, among the Maoists who surrendered, six had a bounty of ₹ 8 lakh each, three carried ₹ 5 lakh rewards, and five had bounties of ₹ …

Maoist surrenders double in first quarter; CRPF intelligence gets active
1 day, 14 hours ago

Maoist surrenders double in first quarter; CRPF intelligence gets active

The Hindu  

Surrenders by Maoists in the first quarter of 2025 have more than doubled from the comparative period last year, with the CRPF activating its intelligence wing to persuade these cadres to lay down arms in the toughest battle zone of Chhattisgarh. It also asked the intelligence wing personnel to “engage with the denizen, encouraging them to play a role in …

18 Maoists killed, 4 jawans injured in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh
2 days, 11 hours ago

18 Maoists killed, 4 jawans injured in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: At least 18 suspected Maoists were killed, and four jawans were injured on Saturday in two separate encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma and Bijapur districts, police said. “A joint team of district reserve guard Sukma and central reserve police force was dispatched on an anti-Naxal operation on Friday, and on Saturday morning, the firing began,” the IG …

16 Maoists killed, 2 jawans injured in Chhattisgarh: Police
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2 days, 20 hours ago

16 Maoists killed, 2 jawans injured in Chhattisgarh: Police

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: At least 16 Maoists were killed and two district reserve guard officers were injured on Saturday in an exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, a police officer said. Over two dozen Maoists and a police personnel were killed in twin gunbattles in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur and Kanker districts on Thursday. Union home minister Amit Shah told …

Chhattisgarh: Maoists killed, jawans injured in Sukma encounter; Amit Shah says weapons can’t bring change
2 days, 21 hours ago

Chhattisgarh: Maoists killed, jawans injured in Sukma encounter; Amit Shah says weapons can’t bring change

The Hindu  

Seventeen Maoists, including 11 women, were killed in an anti-Naxal operation conducted by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, said the police. Superintendent of Police, Sukma, Shri Kiran Chavan said the operation was launched by a joint party of the District Reserve Guard of the Chhattisgarh Police and the Central Reserve Police Force on Friday after officials received …

10 Maoists and militia members from Chhattisgarh surrender before Alluri Sitharama Raju district police
3 days, 13 hours ago

10 Maoists and militia members from Chhattisgarh surrender before Alluri Sitharama Raju district police

The Hindu  

As many as 10 members of banned CPI and militia members from Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Alluri Sitharama Raju district police at Paderu on Friday. Giving the details, the ASR district police said that among the surrendered include Kadithi Rama alias Sammaiah, Divisional Committee Member, South Bastar Divisional Committee, Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee Member of CPI Maoist, Chhattisgarh. He has …

Maoist with ₹25 lakh bounty among three killed in Chhattisgarh
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5 days, 22 hours ago

Maoist with ₹25 lakh bounty among three killed in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Three Maoists, including a member of the special zonal committee of the banned CPI carrying ₹25 lakh reward on his head, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said, taking the number of ultras neutralised in the state to 116 so far this year amid intensified operations against Left Wing Extremism. …

TG-born Maoist leader killed on Chh’garh encounter
6 days, 9 hours ago

TG-born Maoist leader killed on Chh’garh encounter

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Telangana-born Maoist leader Sudhir alias Murali, who carried a bounty of `25 lakh on his head, was among three Naxalites who were gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in a forest along the districts of Dantewada and Bijapur under South Bastar of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The bodies of all the three slain Naxals were recovered along …

Chhattisgarh: Senior Maoist leader among 3 killed in Dantewada encounter
6 days, 13 hours ago

Chhattisgarh: Senior Maoist leader among 3 killed in Dantewada encounter

Hindustan Times  

A member of the special zonal committee of the outlawed CPI, who was carrying a reward of ₹25 lakh on his head, was among three Maoists killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday, police said. Police said that member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee Sudhir alias Sudhakar alias Murali, who was active in …

3 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh amid heightened anti-insurgency ops: Police
6 days, 20 hours ago

3 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh amid heightened anti-insurgency ops: Police

Hindustan Times  

Three Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces along the border between Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada and Bijapur districts on Tuesday, a police officer said amid heightened anti-insurgency operations in Left-wing insurgency-hit state that have left over 100 rebels dead this year. Dantewada police superintendent Gaurav Rai said the exchange was triggered in a forest when security forces …

Three Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh
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6 days, 20 hours ago

Three Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

Three Maoists, including a senior cadre carrying a reward of ₹25 lakh on his head, were gunned down by the security forces in an anti-Naxal operation conducted along the borders of Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Tuesday, said the police. Editorial | Not the only path: On acting against the Maoists A senior police officer said …

Maoist-turned-jawan who died in line of duty fighting his former abductors
1 week ago

Maoist-turned-jawan who died in line of duty fighting his former abductors

Hindustan Times  

Raju Oyam, from remote Bogra village inside the Bhairamgarh forest in Bijapur district, was abducted by Maoists before he’d turned 10. On the morning of March 20, in a poetic yet tragic twist of fate, Oyam was the only Indian jawan shot dead in sniper fire during a 10-hour-long gunfight in Bijapur’s Andri forest area in which 26 Naxals were …

Security forces bust two ‘Maoist’ hideouts in Chhattisgarh; seize firearms, explosives
1 week, 1 day ago

Security forces bust two ‘Maoist’ hideouts in Chhattisgarh; seize firearms, explosives

The Hindu  

Security forces have recovered a cache of firearms and explosives from two Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said on Sunday. “Acting on a tip-off, separate teams of security forces unearthed Maoist dumps on a forested hill of Markanguda village near Duled security camp and in a forest near a new camp at Mettaguda village on Saturday,” an official …

March 20 Bijapur encounter weakenes Maoists’ west Bastar division
1 week, 3 days ago

March 20 Bijapur encounter weakenes Maoists’ west Bastar division

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: March 20 Bijapur encounter in which 26 hardcore Naxals including 14 women were killed has dealt a severe blow to the west Bastar division, a formidable formation of Maoists, a senior police officer said on Friday. “The west Bastar division has considerably weakened with the encounter killing of at least half-a-dozen Maoist leaders of the formation including one divisional …

‘Maoists had gathered for tactical meeting when security forces surrounded them’
1 week, 3 days ago

‘Maoists had gathered for tactical meeting when security forces surrounded them’

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: Maoists had gathered in Bijapur district’s remote forests for a tactical counter offensive campaign meeting when security forces surrounded them, leading to a gunfight that killed 26 of them, Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma said a day after 30 members of banned CPI were killed in two separate encounters in the Bastar region on Thursday. “Maoists had gathered …

Chhattisgarh: Bijapur encounter a major blow to Maoists' west Bastar division committee
1 week, 3 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Bijapur encounter a major blow to Maoists' west Bastar division committee

Hindustan Times  

Bijapur, Security forces dealt a significant blow to the West Bastar Division Committee of Maoists, responsible for several attacks and spreading terror in the region, by killing 26 Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district a day before, a police officer said. Chhattisgarh: Bijapur encounter a major blow to Maoists' west Bastar division committee While 26 Naxalites were killed in Bijapur district, …

30 Maoists killed in twin Chhattisgarh encounters
1 week, 4 days ago

30 Maoists killed in twin Chhattisgarh encounters

Hindustan Times  

At least 30 Maoists and a policeman were killed in twin encounters in the Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, officers aware of the matter said — action that takes the number of rebels killed in the state this year across the 100-mark amid an uptick in anti-Left Wing Extremism operations. The Bijapur gunfight broke out at around …

Twenty two Maoists killed in twin Bastar econuters
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1 week, 4 days ago

Twenty two Maoists killed in twin Bastar econuters

The Hindu  

At least 22 Maoists and a security personnel were killed in two separate anti-Maoist operations in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Of these, 18 were gunned down in a major encounter along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in South Bastar, said a senior police officer. Once the firing stopped, bodies of 18 Naxalites, along with a large quantity of arms …

Chhattisgarh: 18 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Bijapur, one cop loses life
1 week, 4 days ago

Chhattisgarh: 18 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Bijapur, one cop loses life

Firstpost  

Security forces neutralised 18 Naxalites in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday. In a major crackdown on Left Wing Extremism, security forces eliminated 18 Maoists in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday, news agency PTI reported citing officials. The gunfight erupted around 7 am in a forested area along the Bijapur-Dantewada border during an anti-Naxal operation …

2 Maoists, soldier killed in Bijapur forests: Chhattisgarh police
1 week, 4 days ago

2 Maoists, soldier killed in Bijapur forests: Chhattisgarh police

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: Two suspected Maoists and a district reserve guard soldier were killed on Thursday in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The statement further said that the two bodies of Maoists were recovered along with firearms and explosives “A gunfight broke out at 7 am in the forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts. The Chhattisgarh …

30 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh, search op underway; Amit Shah says India to be Naxal-free by 2026
1 week, 4 days ago

30 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh, search op underway; Amit Shah says India to be Naxal-free by 2026

Live Mint  

A jawan of the Bijapur District Reserve Guard was killed and bodies of 30 Maoists were recovered in two separate encounters in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said. The security forces recovered weapons and ammunition while the encounter and search operation is still underway, said Bijapur Police. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called the encounters as “another big success in the …

Chhattisgarh: Maoists Brutally Kill Relative of Ex-MLA in Bastar
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Maoists Brutally Kill Relative of Ex-MLA in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Maoists brutally killed a 65-year-old tribal, close relative of an ex-MLA, by slitting his throat in a village in Sukma district under south Bastar of Chhattisgarh, police said. Around half-a-dozen Maoists armed with sharp weapons barged into the house of one Kalmu Hidma in the village of Pentagad under Chintagufa police station late on Monday night and dragged him …

C’garh: Maoist commander, ‘involved’ in killing of more than 100 jawans, surrender along with Naxal wife, couple carry bounty of Rs 13 lakh
4 weeks ago

C’garh: Maoist commander, ‘involved’ in killing of more than 100 jawans, surrender along with Naxal wife, couple carry bounty of Rs 13 lakh

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A ‘dreaded’ Maoist commander along with his Naxal wife has surrendered before police in Bijapur in south Bastar in Chhattisgarh, sources said on Monday. However, a spokesman of the Bastar police said Dinesh Modium, secretary of Gangaloor area committee functioning under the West Bastar Division of Maoists along with his wife Kala Tati, a member of Gangaloor area committee, …

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids six locations in search of maoist suspects involved in killing of BJP leader
1 month, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids six locations in search of maoist suspects involved in killing of BJP leader

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids six locations in search of maoist suspects involved in killing of BJP leader The BJP leader was shot dead with an INSAS rifle in October 2023 and the case was taken over by NIA on March 8, 2024. The National Investigation Agency on Monday carried out searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh linked to suspects associated with …

4 women Maoists with ₹62 lakh bounty killed in Madhya Pradesh forest encounter
1 month, 1 week ago

4 women Maoists with ₹62 lakh bounty killed in Madhya Pradesh forest encounter

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal/Jabalpur: Four female Maoists, including a commander and an area committee member from the Communist Party of India, carrying a combined bounty of over ₹60 lakh, were killed on Wednesday in a police encounter in Balaghat’s Ronda forest, Madhya Pradesh, police said. A search operation is underway in the forest after bloodstains were found, indicating that several of the 25 …

4 Maoists Killed in MP Encounter Near Chhattisgarh Border
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1 month, 1 week ago

4 Maoists Killed in MP Encounter Near Chhattisgarh Border

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Four Maoists including three women were on Wednesday gunned down in a forest in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, bordering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, police said. The encounter took place near the Raunda camp of Supkhar forest area when a joint search party comprising personnel of Hawk force, a counterinsurgency wing of Madhya Pradesh police, Central Reserve Police Force and Combat …

Four Maoists killed in gun battle in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat area: Police
1 month, 1 week ago

Four Maoists killed in gun battle in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat area: Police

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal/Jabalpur: At least four suspected Maoists, including three women, were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said. “Acting on tip off movement of Maoist near the Raunda Forest camp of Soopkhar forest area, more than 12 teams of Hawk force, Central Reserve Police Force, Commando Battalion for …

Four women Maoists killed in encounter with MP police in Balaghat forests
1 month, 1 week ago

Four women Maoists killed in encounter with MP police in Balaghat forests

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Four armed Maoist cadres - all women - were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with the Madhya Pradesh police in the jungles of Maoist-affected Balaghat district of the central Indian state on Wednesday. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the state police’s elite anti-Maoist force – the Hawk Force – and supporting police teams engaged a group of …

CRPF creates new operations base in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist stronghold
1 month, 2 weeks ago

CRPF creates new operations base in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist stronghold

The Hindu  

The Central Reserve Police Force has opened a new operations base in the heart of a strong Maoist corridor in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region as part of its expanding footprint into core Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of the State. The forward operating base at ‘Pujari Kanker’ in the Bijapur district was established on February 13 by the 196th and 205th …

19 Maoists from Chhattisgarh surrender before police in Telangana’s Bhadrachalam
1 month, 2 weeks ago

19 Maoists from Chhattisgarh surrender before police in Telangana’s Bhadrachalam

The Hindu  

In yet another setback to the outlawed CPI, as many as 19 Maoists including 15 militia members of the banned outfit’s Revolutionary People’s Committees from Chhattisgarh have surrendered before the police in Telangana’s Bhadrachalam temple town on Thursday. The surrendered Maoists include Naroti Manish, divisional committee member of Agriculture Team, South Bastar, Madivi Nanda, Handa and Hadama, the Platform Party …

Bijapur Encounter: 5 of 31 Slain Maoists Identified, a Division Secretary Among Those Killed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bijapur Encounter: 5 of 31 Slain Maoists Identified, a Division Secretary Among Those Killed

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Five of 31 Maoists slain in Sunday’s encounter with security forces in a forest falling under Indravati National Park in Bijapur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh have been identified, police said on Monday. West Bastar Division secretary Hunga Karma, who was in the rank of divisional committee member carrying a bounty of Rs eight lakh, was among the …

Key Maoist military leader among 31 killed in Bijapur encounter: Police
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Key Maoist military leader among 31 killed in Bijapur encounter: Police

The Hindu  

Of the 31 Maoists gunned down by security forces in the National Park area of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on Sunday were members of the West Bastar Division, a sub-zonal military formation of Maoists, the police said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Bijapur, the Inspector General of Police, P. Sundarraj, said Hunga Karma, the secretary or DVCM of the West …

Bijapur encounter: 5 Maoist bodies identified; tributes paid to 2 slain jawans
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bijapur encounter: 5 Maoist bodies identified; tributes paid to 2 slain jawans

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh police have identified five of the 31 Maoists killed in Sunday’s Bijapur encounter and it include a Divisional Committee Member of the banned CPI, a senior officer said on Monday. The wife of head constable Naresh Dhruv, who was killed in the Bijapur Naxal encounter on Sunday, breaks down while paying tribute to her husband, during a wreath-laying …

31 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight, 2025 toll now 81
1 month, 3 weeks ago

31 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight, 2025 toll now 81

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-one Maoists and two security personnel were killed in a gunfight in the jungles of Indravati National Park in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, police said, in the biggest ambush on Left Wing Extremists this year, which took the 2025 toll to 81. The strike followed an anti-Maoist operation by security forces which began on Friday, inspector general of police …

31 Maoists, 2 jawans killed in Chhattisgarh encounter as Shah vows to eradicate Naxals by March 2026
1 month, 3 weeks ago

31 Maoists, 2 jawans killed in Chhattisgarh encounter as Shah vows to eradicate Naxals by March 2026

Firstpost  

Spanning across 2,800 square kilometres, the Indravati National park of Chhattisgarh state is considered as safe haven for local Maoists. This year alone, Indian forces have eliminated 62 Maoists in the state Two security officials and 31 Maoists were killed on Sunday during an encounter in India’s eastern state of Chhattisgarh. An operation was launched by a joint team of …

31 suspected Maoists, 2 jawans killed in Bijapur encounter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

31 suspected Maoists, 2 jawans killed in Bijapur encounter

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: At least 31 suspected Maoists and two jawans were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, police said, adding two jawans were injured during the encounter. Police said that last year, security forces neutralized 219 Maoists in separate encounters across the state The encounter took place inside the forest in the …

Chhattisgarh: 31 Maoists, 2 security personnel killed in Bijapur encounter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 31 Maoists, 2 security personnel killed in Bijapur encounter

Hindustan Times  

Two security personnel and 31 Maoists were killed in an encounter in forests under the National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Sunday. Chhattisgarh encounter: The security operation took place in forests under the National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Sunday. Personnel of the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force of the …

Indian forces kill 31 suspected Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indian forces kill 31 suspected Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state

Al Jazeera  

Two security personnel also killed in the deadliest combat this year and the second major fight in less than a month in central India. Indian security forces have killed at least 31 suspected Maoist rebels in the forests of the central state of Chhattisgarh, police said, in its biggest encounter this year. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers launched an …

Dozens of suspected Maoist rebels killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh, central India
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of suspected Maoist rebels killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh, central India

CNN  

Patna, India AP — At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels and two police officials were killed on Sunday in the deadliest combat so far this year in central India, police said. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers launched an operation in the forests of the Indravati area of Chhattisgarh state based on intelligence that large number of rebels had gathered …

Maoists kill two men in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maoists kill two men in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

The Hindu  

Maoists hacked to death two men at a village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Tuesday. Earlier on January 26, Maoists killed a 41-year-old man in Bhairamgarh area of Bijapur, accusing him of leaking information about the outlawed CPI. On January 16, Maoists killed a 48-year-old man in Mirtur area of Bijapur on the suspicion of being a police …

Naxalites kill two men in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Naxalites kill two men in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

New Indian Express  

BIJAPUR: Two tribal villagers were brutally killed by suspected Maoists in Budigicheru village, Bijapur district, approximately 400 km south of Raipur, police reported. Further details are awaited,” Bijapur district police chief Jitendra Yadav told TNIE. A team of policemen has been sent to the village to investigate the incident, which occurred within the Tarrem police limits, and the requisite legal …

Activists seek judicial probe into Bijapur encounter, allege innocents were killed
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Activists seek judicial probe into Bijapur encounter, allege innocents were killed

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: A human rights group on Monday demanded a judicial probe into the death of eight persons in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on February 1, alleging that a joint team of security forces killed innocent villagers in a staged encounter. On Saturday, Chhattisgarh police said eight Maoists were killed in a gunfight between security forces and Maoists and that a state police …

Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Maoist killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said on Monday. Police recovered the body of a Maoist and a firearm from the spot after the encounter, the official said on Monday, adding that further details are awaited as security forces have not yet returned from the encounter site. The latest encounter comes …

New CRPF chief reviews anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 4 weeks ago

New CRPF chief reviews anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

The newly appointed Central Reserve Police Force director general GP Singh arrived in Chhattisgarh on Saturday to assess anti-Maoist operations, making it his first outstation visit within 48 hours of taking charge of India’s largest paramilitary force. GP Singh, who previously served as Director General of Assam Police until Tuesday, is likely to visit Manipur next weekend The visit to …

Chhattisgarh: Has the Dreaded Maoist Hidma Been Dropped Out of CC of Naxals?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Has the Dreaded Maoist Hidma Been Dropped Out of CC of Naxals?

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Security forces are verifying the authenticity of a lead suggesting that dreaded Maoist Madvi Hidma, ex-commander of Naxals’ fiercest fighting formation, Battalion No.1, has of late been dropped from the Central Committee, the policy-making body of the outlawed CPI, sources said on Sunday. He has a three-lay security around him and given slips to security forces umpteen times, the …

8 Maoists killed in gunfight in Bastar; weapons recovered
1 month, 4 weeks ago

8 Maoists killed in gunfight in Bastar; weapons recovered

Hindustan Times  

Security forces shot dead at least eight Maoists in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, officials aware of the matter said — taking the number of rebels killed in the state this year to 55 amid an uptick in anti-Left Wing Extremism operations. Last year, security forces killed 219 Maoists in the state, much higher than the 22 killed …

Chhattisgarh: Eight Maoists gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Eight Maoists gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: At least eight Maoists were on Saturday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the forest of Gangaloor in Bijapur district under south Bastar of Chhattisgarh, police said. The Maoist death toll may increase as the search operation still continued at the encounter, a senior police officer said. A joint search operation involving personnel of district reserve …

8 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
1 month, 4 weeks ago

8 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: Eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, police said, adding that automatic rifles, including INSAS rifles and Barrel Grenade Launcher launchers, were recovered from the spot. The gunfight erupted around 8.30 am in the forest of Gangaloor police station area when a joint team of security personnel was conducting an …

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