Under a muted October sky, 31 bodies of alleged Naxals lie in the open in Karli police lines, a sprawling campus in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada town, in the district of the same name. A policeman says blithely, “Is se bhi bada karenge.” This operation was conducted near Thulthuli and Gawadi villages in adjoining Narayanpur district. Now that the monsoon is over, …
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 …
At least 29 Maoists were killed and at least three jawans also sustained injuries during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday. The gunfight took place at around 2 pm in Hapatola forest between Binagunda and Koronar villages under Chhotebethiya police station limits, when a joint team of the Border Security Force and the state's District Reserve Guard was …
