RAIPUR: An additional SP was killed and two officers were injured in a Maoist IED blast in Konta area of Bastar’s Sukma on Monday.ASP Akash Rao Girepunje, 42, a gallantry medal winner, was leading a foot patrol to an area where Maoists had torched vehicles the previous night when the IED exploded. Konta DSP Bhanupratap…
Union home minister Amit Shah praised the security forces, saying, “Another strike on Naxalism! Out security agencies have neutralized 17 Naxalites and recovered a massive cache of automatic weapons in the Sukma operation. Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi , we have resolved to eradicate Naxalism before March 31, 2026.”Shah reiterated his call to…
NEW DELHI: Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, Deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma confirmed.The operation involved joint forces, including the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), and the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) jungle warfare unit (CoBRA). Superintendent…
RAIPUR: Ten Maoists, including three women, were shot dead by security forces in Bastar’s Sukma on Friday. This is the biggest encounter since the Oct 3 gunfight in which 38 Maoists were killed. The Maoist death toll this year has now risen to 207, this week alone accounting for 15 deaths.An AK-47, an Insas rifle…