The composite squads of District Reserve Guard (DRG), district force and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) were out on a search operation in the forests of Chintagufa and Chintalnar, around 450 kms away from here.
As many as 743 candidates, including 242 women, have been recruited by the CRPF from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, one of the worst Naxal-hit areas, for an ‘all-tribal battalion’ being raised to fight Maoists
According to the state police, the attackers resorted to intense stone pelting at the passing CRPF vehicle on the outskirts of Shopian town.
NIA, which was created post the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, functions as the central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in the country.
Four militants were killed in retaliatory firing by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police in Sumbal town of Bandipora district in North Kashmir today
The CRPF has submitted a detailed report to the home ministry stating the circumstances that led to the killing of 25 of its personnel by Naxals last month in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
At least 18 Naxalites were taken into custody today for questioning in connection with last months ambush on a CRPF patrolling party in Sukma.
Around 15 naxals are believed to have been killed in multiple encounters with security forces in the past four days in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.
Sukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24.
In a statement issued here, the Ministry said that report that lack of financial resources is the reason for casualty of CRPF personnel in the battle against Left Wing Extremism is factually incorrect.
The Centre has asked the security forces to focus counter-offensive operations on “highvalue targets”, including south Bastar divisional commander Raghu and commander of the first battalion of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Hidma
A private helicopter carrying CoBRA commandos today crash landed near a CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district resulting in minor injuries to five occupants.
The government has appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar as the new DG of the CRPF, nearly two months after the retirement of previous incumbent K. Durga Prasad on February 28.
According to officials, the jawans were having lunch when a hail of bullets and grenades hit them fatally.
Addressing the media here along with Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, the Home Minister said that the ‘government will take strong action against those responsible’.
Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon, Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir and senior state and paramilitary officials were also present on the occasion.
This was the second attack in just over one month in the same district. The last was on March 11 when 12 security personnel were killed.
The survivors couldn’t call for help as rebels took away their radio sets and other equipment leading to more causalities.
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