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Chhattisgarh: Jawan slain in Naxal ambush in Bastar
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: Jawan slain in Naxal ambush in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

A joint security team comprising personnel of DRG and Border Security force launched search operation in Kohkameta area in Abujhmad following intelligence tip off on the presence of armed Maoists including a member of the Central Committee of the outlawed CPI in the forest late on Wednesday afternoon. A fierce encounter took place between them in the forest that lasted …

Maoists Bjp Village His Body Bijapur Chhattisgarh Jawan Naxal Ambush
Police and security forces hone their skills in the heart of the wild: Chhattisgarh's anti-Maoist operations
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Police and security forces hone their skills in the heart of the wild: Chhattisgarh's anti-Maoist operations

Hindustan Times  

Security forces in Chhattisgarh are undergoing training to survive in the wild amid anti-Maoist operations. The training involves equipping security personnel with skills to handle snake and scorpion bites, bear attacks, and first aid in challenging jungle conditions. The focus is on areas such as Abujhmad, a largely unsurveyed forest area considered the Maoist bastion, where security personnel are facing …

29 Maoists dead in fierce Chhattisgarh operation
8 months, 3 weeks ago

29 Maoists dead in fierce Chhattisgarh operation

Hindustan Times  

Twenty-nine Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with joint forces of the state police and the Border Security Force in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, officials said on Tuesday, in what is the most significant single-incident blow to the rebels in eight years, and the biggest ever in the state. Senior Chhattisgarh police officials said that the gunbattle that lasted over …

Security Congress Personnel Team Naxals Maoists Naxal
Watch: 130-metre-long tunnel built by Maoists busted in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada
11 months, 1 week ago

Watch: 130-metre-long tunnel built by Maoists busted in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

Hindustan Times  

Security forces in Maoist-affected Dantewada district have discovered a 130 metre-long tunnel built as an underground hideout. However, it can be used for other purposes including ambush trapping police force.” A video of the tunnel shared by the district police showed the access points to the tunnel were covered with mud and sticks. One can walk in that bunker and …

Maoists Maoist Tunnel Dantewada Hideout
C'garh: CRPF sub-inspector killed in Maoist ambush in Bastar
1 year ago

C'garh: CRPF sub-inspector killed in Maoist ambush in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A Central Reserve police Force sub-inspector was on Sunday killed in an encounter with Maoists in Sukma district under Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The incident took place when a search party comprising personnel of CRPF’s 165th battalion was conducting counterinsurgency operation in Ursangal area under Jagargunda police station limits, a spokesman of Bastar police said. CRPF SI Sudhakar Reddy was …

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Chhattisgarh: Maoists Free Jawan Kidnapped Last Week
1 year, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Maoists Free Jawan Kidnapped Last Week

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Maoists released a jawan of Bastar Fighters, the tribal counterinsurgency force of Chhattisgarh, after taking him captive for a week, police said on Saturday. The jawan, Shankar Kudiyam, was released in Bhairamgarh in Bijapur district late on Friday evening, Bastar range inspector general of police Sunderraj P told this newspaper. A purported press note issued in the name of …

Maoists Maoist Release Jawan Bhairamgarh
Two Personnel of Jharkhand Jaguar Force Killed in Gunfight with Maoists
1 year, 4 months ago

Two Personnel of Jharkhand Jaguar Force Killed in Gunfight with Maoists

News 18  

Two personnel of the Jharkhand Jaguar Force of the state police were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said. “Two jawans, identified as Sub-Inspector Amit Tiwari and Constable Gautam Kumar, were killed in an encounter with Maoists,” West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI. Acting on a tip-off about the …

Maoists Area Killed Jharkhand Jaguar
Regrets, fears and gloom shroud Dantewada as jawans laid to rest
1 year, 8 months ago

Regrets, fears and gloom shroud Dantewada as jawans laid to rest

The Hindu  

Reshma Kartam had lost her father and a policeman brother to Maoist violence in the past, but she still wasn’t prepared for the loss of her husband, Rajuram Kartam. My worst fears have come true,” says Ms. Reshma, as she mourns her husband, one of the 10 security personnel killed in a Maoist ambush near Dantewada’s Aranpur on Wednesday. Many …

Maoists Maoist Her Husband Dantewada Reshma Drg Markam
WATCH: Viral video surfaces moments after Maoists blew up DRG vehicle In Dantewada
1 year, 8 months ago

WATCH: Viral video surfaces moments after Maoists blew up DRG vehicle In Dantewada

Firstpost  

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel gave a shoulder to and carried the mortal remains of a District Reserve Guard personnel and said that sacrifices of DRG personnel will not go in vain. #WATCH | Viral video surfaces showing moments after Dantewada Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh pic.twitter.com/6UXfOOhz5c — ANI April 27, 2023 Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel carries the mortal remains …

Viral Video Personnel Attack Naxalites Naxal Chhattisgarh Baghel
10 policemen among 11 killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada
1 year, 8 months ago

10 policemen among 11 killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

Hindustan Times  

Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday in the worst attack on security forces in the Maoist insurgency-hit central Indian state since April 2021. Union home minister Amit Shah spoke to Chattishgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel about the attack and promised all possible help to the state government. Wednesday’s attack was the worst …

Personnel Attack Maoists Maoist Shah Killed Chhattisgarh
CoBRA Jawan Injured in IED Blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District
1 year, 11 months ago

CoBRA Jawan Injured in IED Blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum District

News 18  

A jawan of the CoBRA battalion on Friday suffered serious injuries in an IED blast, suspected to have been triggered by Maoists, in a forest in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said. Acting on inputs of Maoist movement, security personnel, including jawans of the CoBRa battalion and the Jharkhand Jaguar, along with policemen, were carrying out a …

Jharkhand Maoist
Jharkhand: CRPF pays tribute to sniffer dog killed in IED blast
3 years, 5 months ago

Jharkhand: CRPF pays tribute to sniffer dog killed in IED blast

Hindustan Times  

A sniffer dog was killed while its handler, a CRPF jawan was injured on Tuesday in an Improvised Explosive Device blast during an anti-Maoist operation under Kurumgarh police station in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police officials said. A CRPF release said that Drone had found 4 containers of 40 kgs explosive each during an operation in Parasnath area in April 2016. …

Jharkhand Maoists Drone Area Operation Crpf Ied
NIA takes over probe into Maoist ambush that killed 22 personnel
3 years, 6 months ago

NIA takes over probe into Maoist ambush that killed 22 personnel

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the probe into the April 3 ambush on security forces by 350-400 Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, in which 22 personnel were killed and a jawan was taken hostage. One of the deadliest ambushes in recent times, the attack was led by commander of Battalion-I of the Maoists’ People’s Liberation Guerilla Army, Hidma. …

Maoists Maoist Nia Bijapur Hidma
Journalists, Mediators Taken 15 Km Inside Forest: All The Drama Surrounding CoBRA Jawan's Release
3 years, 9 months ago

Journalists, Mediators Taken 15 Km Inside Forest: All The Drama Surrounding CoBRA Jawan's Release

News 18  

Almost 120 hours after CRPF jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas was held captive by Maoists following a gunfight at Bijapur-Sukma border on last Saturday, a group of mediators accompanied by some local journalists freed Manhas on Thursday deep in the same forest area where the gunfight had taken place. A communique from the Bastar range, IG P Sunderraj, said that Gandhian …

Maoists Forest Jawan Crpf Bijapur Chandrakar Manhas
CoBRA Jawan Abducted by Maoists in Bijapur Attack Released
3 years, 9 months ago

CoBRA Jawan Abducted by Maoists in Bijapur Attack Released

The Quint  

Manhas was released with the help of a eleven-member committee of mediators including social worker Padmashree Dharampal Saini, Gondwana Samaaj leader Telam Boraeya and female representative Hemla Sukhmati as well as four local journalists Ganesh Mishra, Mukesh Chandrakar, Ranjan Dash and Chetan Kapewar. Before being freed, Manhas was presented and trialled as a captive in the Jan Adalat in the …

Maoists Manhas Tarrem Cobra Jawan
'Good News From Bastar': CRPF Commando Released by Maoists Days After Bijapur Ambush
3 years, 9 months ago

'Good News From Bastar': CRPF Commando Released by Maoists Days After Bijapur Ambush

News 18  

Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, a Central Reserve Police Force commando who went missing during a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh last week, was released after five days in Maoist captivity, officials aware of the development said on Thursday. Hours before he was set free, Bastar inspector general P Sundar Raj told News18 that efforts were on to secure Manhas’s release, and that …

Maoists Crpf Bastar Manhas Local Journalists
Maoists show CRPF jawan's photo to claim custody
3 years, 9 months ago

Maoists show CRPF jawan's photo to claim custody

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: The Maoists on Wednesday released a picture to establish that the jawan missing in the April 3 Naxalite ambush on the security forces in Terram area on the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region has been held hostage by them. This development comes hours after the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the outlawed CPI issued a press release …

Maoists Maoist Release Jawan Missing
Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Maoists say CoBRA jawan in their custody, set conditions for release
3 years, 9 months ago

Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Maoists say CoBRA jawan in their custody, set conditions for release

India TV News  

Naxals in Chhattisgarh have released a statement wherein they have claimed that the missing Commando Battalion for Resolute Action commando is in their custody. he outfit claimed that as many as 2,000 police personnel had reached near Jiragudem village to execute a major attack on Saturday. According to the police, ten weapons, including seven AK-47 rifles, two SLR rifles and …

Personnel Maoists Maoist Naxal Chhattisgarh Jawan Crpf
Maoists claim CRPF jawan's capture, family seeks release
3 years, 9 months ago

Maoists claim CRPF jawan's capture, family seeks release

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur/ Jammu: A CRPF jawan, Rakesh Singh Manhas, who went missing in the April 3 Maoist ambush on security forces on the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh may have been held hostage by the Maoists, police said. A phone call from purported Maoists came to a reporter of a local news channel on Monday claiming that the missing commando, belonging to …

Maoists Jammu Singh Release Jawan Crpf Officer Meenu
Maoist attack: Missing Jawan's wife appeals for help to PM Modi
3 years, 9 months ago

Maoist attack: Missing Jawan's wife appeals for help to PM Modi

Op India  

On Monday, the wife of missing Jawan Rakesh Singh Manhas has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the safe return of her husband. Manhas is believed to have been captured by the Maoists following the deadly encounter with the security personnel along the border of Bijapur-Sukma district in Chattisgarh. In a heart-warming appeal, the wife of the captured …

Maoists Naxalites Maoist Jawan Security Personnel
Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: How a Sikh jawan, hit with bullets, took off his turban to bandage colleague’s wounds
3 years, 9 months ago

Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: How a Sikh jawan, hit with bullets, took off his turban to bandage colleague’s wounds

Hindustan Times  

A Sikh security personnel took off his turban to tie it around the wounds of a fellow jawan, as both were caught in one of the deadliest attacks by Maoists on security forces in recent months in Chhattisgarh, a senior police officer said on Monday. RK Vij, a 1988 batch Indian Police Service officer in Chhattisgarh, spoke about Balraj Singh, …

Sikh Maoists Maoist Singh Chhattisgarh Jawan Crpf
ITBP jawan injured in Naxal IED explosion, 3 Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
4 years, 2 months ago

ITBP jawan injured in Naxal IED explosion, 3 Maoists held in Chhattisgarh

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Maoists on Friday ambushed a search party comprising personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border police in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar district of Narayanpur, leaving one jawan injured. Maoists triggered improvised explosive device blast targeting the search party, leading to injury to the jawan Ajeet Kumar. In another incident, 3 Naxals were arrested by a search party comprising district reserve group personnel in …

District Chhattisgarh Bastar Bijapur Maoists Held
Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar
4 years, 10 months ago

Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

Hindustan Times  

Two suspected Maoists were killed and a jawan of Chhattisgarh police was injured in two different encounters of Sukma and Narayanpur districts of Bastar region Wednesday. Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Police said that the two killed suspected Maoists are yet to be identified. After guns fell silent, body of an Maoist was recovered from the spot,” the IG …

Chhattisgarh Bastar Narayanpur Maoists Killed
Four cops killed after Maoists open fire on patrol van in Jharkhand's Latehar; Raghubar Das calls attack cowardly
5 years, 1 month ago

Four cops killed after Maoists open fire on patrol van in Jharkhand's Latehar; Raghubar Das calls attack cowardly

Firstpost  

Armed Maoists opened fire on a patrol van near Lukiatand village under Chandwa police station in Jharkhand on Friday night, killing the four policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, police said Latehar: Four police personnel have been killed in a Naxal attack near a village in Latehar district, police said on Saturday. Armed Maoists opened fire on a patrol van near …

Jharkhand Maoists Raghubar Das Latehar Patrol Van