Maoists are planning to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an attack similar to the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, intercepts of internal communication of the rebels have revealed.
The plot to assassinate PM Modi was revealed when the Pune Police raided the house of one of the accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case.
The probe comes in the backdrop of allegations that security forces killed "innocent villagers" by poisoning their meals.
As many as 21 women and 18 men Maoists were gunned down in the twin-operations on Sunday morning and Monday evening in Gadchiroli, considered the worst Maoist-affected district in the country.
Those killed include several dreaded Maoist commanders and female Dalam commanders. At last, good news have started coming in about Maoists being eliminated in operations by security forces.
The bodies, which were bloated and have started to decompose, were found floating on the banks of river which flows along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh borders.
The gunfight took place last night in Kistaram police station area when a team of CRPF's 212th battalion was out on a search-cum-area domination operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police (South Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on inaugurated India's first wellness centre under the ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme in Bijapur on Saturday.
Bodies of slain Maoists were recovered from the spot along with three AK-47 rifles, Superintendent of Police Prasant Anand said.
The slain Maoists include six women. A police Constable also lost life while three personnel of the elite anti-Maoist force Greyhounds were injured.
The Maoists also set ablaze several vehicles in three separate incidents in the district bordering Chhattisgarh.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that demonetisation has left Maoists in many part of India and separatists in Jammu and Kashmir "fund starved"
The Islamic State, Taliban, Al-Qaeda are most dreaded terror groups of the world and are responsible for over 50 per cent of all the deaths from terrorism in 2015.
The GJM leadership has, however, refuted as "completely baseless" the allegations that it was taking help from Maoists
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
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal have been condemned by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for giving financial assistance to the families of 12 CRPF men killed in a Naxal ambush in Sukma district in March
A senior CRPF official has raised questions on the encounter which was carried out in a joint operation by the Army, Assam Police, Army and the Saurashtra Seems Bal (SSB) in Assam’s Chirang district on March 30 this year
Calling for "unity of purpose" amongst all Naxal-affected states, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advocated the formation of a strategic and unified command to foil attempts to "stall development and throttle democracy at gunpoint".
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
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked security forces on the ground to go on an “all-out offensive” against Maoists and “show results in the next few weeks”.
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