The search operation was launched based on inputs about meetings convened by Naxalites at separate locations in the area in connection with their illegal levy collection.
A cache of explosives, a `tiffin' bomb, a battery, spikes, splinters, gelatin sticks, cordex and electric wires as well as anti- government Maoist pamphlets were recovered from their possession.
Out of total nine Naxalites arrested in the joint operations, eight were arrested from different locations under Usoor police station area while one was arrested under Naimed police station limits.
Five of the apprehended Naxalites were involved in targeting a police vehicle using an IED last month. Two police personnel traveling in the vehicle had narrowly escaped the blast.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. The 14 Lok Sabha segments in the southern parts of the state will vote on April 26 in the second phase.
According to officials, the encounter broke out in the forest area near Chikurbatti-Pusbaka in Bijapur district. It said the DRG, CRPF 229, and CoBRA teams were involved in the operation
According to the preliminary information, Hemla, who was residing in Kutru, had gone to his village on March 8 for some work, the official said.
The incident occurred at the Chintakonta porta-cabin within the limits of the Awapalli Police Station area in Bijapur. The cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
The confrontation took place during a faceoff between security forces and Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh.
Police said the IEDs were planted using the foxhole mechanism by a digging tunnel from the side of the road. The development has come just days after Assembly election concluded in the state.
A voter turnout of 78 per cent was recorded in the first phase for 20 assembly constituencies in seven districts of the Naxalite-affected Bastar division and four other districts on November 7, while a 75.88 per cent turnout was registered in the second and final phase for 70 seats on Friday.
A DRG jawan was injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the Naxals went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
The incident took place in Duvalipara village under Gangaloor police station limits where the deceased, identified as Assistant Constable Budhram Awlam, had gone to drop his relative on his motorcycle, a senior police official said.
A constable was injured in an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur after a pressure IED went off, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Timmapur-Putkel under Basaguda police station area of the district when a CRPF patrol comprising personnel from 'F company' of its 168th battalion was out for a road opening and sanitising duty.
Police pickets placed in Nizamuddin area of Delhi on Apr 20 to keep a check over vehicular movement as the city is under lockdown. Police looked for valid passes for the movement.
A CoBRA jawan who was kidnapped by Naxals during the Bijapur attack last week has been released. The family of Commando Rakeshwar Singh Minhas was in deep shock after the news of the deadly ambush and his disappearance broke out.
Naxals have released the first picture of a jawan who went missing last week after the gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
Bijapur Naxal Attack: Out of the 22, the CRPF lost eight personnel, including seven CoBRA commandos and one jawan from its Bastariya battalion, eight from the DRG and six from the Special Task Force.
22 security personnel were martyred and 30 others were injured in the Naxal attack at Sukma-Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
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