Condemning the naxal attack on security forces in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel assured that the martyrdom of security personnel will not go in vain.
At least 21 jawans are believed to be missing after the deadly encounter between security forces and Naxals in Tarrem, along the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh.
For the last 10 days, security forces in Chhattisgarh were getting information about the whereabouts of Madvi Hidma, a top Naxal of banned CPI (Maoist) who has been linked to major attacks including the 2013 Jhiram Ghati killings.
At least 5 security personnel were martyred and several others injured on Saturday in an encounter with Naxals at a forest in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a top police officer said.
Three jawans of Jharkhand Jaguar unit lost their lives and three others were injured in an IED blast planted by naxals in Jharjhara.
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, who sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast by Naxals in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on November 28 (Saturday), succumbed to his injuries on November 29.
The wreath laying ceremony of Assistant Commandant Nitin Bhalerao, of CoBRA 206 battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) took place in Raipur on November 29.
Fourteen policemen were injured in a fierce gun-battle with naxals in forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Saturday, the police said. Further, at least 13 security personnel were untraceable in the forests following the encounter, a senior official said.
A police jawan was injured in an attack by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district when a team of the District Force was deployed to ensure security at the village market.
A Naxal was killed and four personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force's CoBRA battalion were injured in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division on Monday.
Three home guards and an assistant sub-inspector of Jharkhand Police were killed in a Naxal attack in Latehar district on Friday, officials said. The Naxals opened fire on the police party about 8:30 pm when it was on patrol duty on-board a four-wheeler near Lukiatand village under Chandwa police station area, they said.
Three Jharkhand police personnel were on Friday killed in a Naxal attack in the state's Latehar district, officials said.
The body of Budhram Tati with his throat slit wasfound near Perpa village in the Kirandul police station area on Thursday evening, a senior police official said.
The suspension of Shailesh Kale, SDPO of Kurkheda in Gadchiroli district, was announced in the Legislative Council by Deepak Kesarkar, Minister of State for Home.
The incident has been reported a day after the Naxals, on Wednesday, triggered an IED blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli in which 16 people including 15 security personnel lost their lives.
"We have yet to get complete information about the incident. As per preliminary reports, QRT (Quick Response Team of state police) was going a place where torching of vehicles (by Naxals) had taken place," Hansraj Ahir said.
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