A District Reserve Guard (DRG) constable lost his life and another sustained injuries in an accidental firearm discharge during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The incident occurred as security forces patrolled villages along the district border.
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Ten police personnel sustained injuries when the bus they were traveling in overturned in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Sunday.
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In a targeted operation against the Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said a naxalite was killed in an encounter.
The Bijapur Police said, the CRPF's injured Assistant Commandant was immediately taken to Bhairamgarh Hospital for treatment. He was on election duty when the incident occurred.
The encounter broke out in the forest area of the Chhotebethiya police station limits. This was the highest number of fatalities suffered by Naxalites in a single encounter in the history of the state's fight against Left Wing Extremism.
The surrendered Naxalites were part of Kistaram, Bhairamgarh, Malangir and Katekalyan area committees of the Maoists in south Bastar. The 26 persons included five women as well as two girls and a boy.
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Over 30 people were travelling in the bus which skidded off the road and plunged into the 40-foot-deep 'murum' mine. 12 people were killed in the accident while several others were injured.
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Those held were identified as Kunjam Hurra (24), Madvi Deva (27), Padam Pandu (26) and Podium Lakha (28) – all Jan Militia members of Naxalites, and two Maoist supporters, identified as Padam Hidma (28) and Madvi Arjun (26).
Meanwhile, bodies of the naxalites and weapons were recovered from the spot.
Following the incident, the local police and firefighters rushed to the spot to douse the flame. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
A light machine gun (LMG), a .303 rifle, a 12-bore gun, a large number of barrel grenade launchers and shells, and other arms and ammunition were also seized from the spot.
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Along with the deceased insurgents, automatic weapons such as LMGs have been seized from the encounter site. Police parties are still present in the jungles, with search operations ongoing in the area.
The blaze occurred in a unit located in the Light Industrial Area under Jamul police station limits at around 7 pm on Monday. Following the incident, at least three fire tenders were rushed to the site to douse the flame.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST), stands as a significant electoral battleground among the state's 11 parliamentary seats.
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