A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, PTI confirmed.
A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, PTI confirmed.
The gunfight took place on Monday in a forest of Karregutta Hills along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, where a joint team of security forces has been conducting a massive anti-Naxal operation for more than two weeks, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Sundarraj P told PTI.
Security forces on launched the "final assault" at the Karregutta hills in Telangana where a coordinated and "biggest-ever" anti-Naxal operation has been launched by the CRPF a fortnight ago that has led to the recovery of more than a hundred IEDs and injuries to close to 10 personnel, official told PTI.
A 32-year-old Assistant Commandant rank officer of the 204 CoBRA battalion of the CRPF, Sagar Borade, lost his left leg in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on May 4 while he was trying to rescue an injured jawan, they said.
Naxalites have killed a deputy sarpanch of a village panchayat in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at Benpalli village under the Jagargunda police station limits around 3 pm on Monday, an official said.
As per preliminary information, a group of Naxalites asked the victim, Muchaki Rama, the deputy sarpanch of Tarlaguda village panchayat, to step out of his house and took him with them, he said.
The official said the victim was later found murdered, and the police were alerted, following which the body was sent for post-mortem.
According to police, 68 civilians were killed last year in separate incidents of Naxal violence in the Bastar region.