Acting on intelligence inputs, a joint team of the special operation group and Malkangiri district voluntary force had launched a combing operation in the area, DGP Abhay said.
October 12, 2021It may be noted here that Malkangiri district in general and Kalimela PS area, in particular, are among the strongholds of the Maoists.
November 5, 2018Eight Maoists – six of them women – were killed in a joint operation by Chattisgarh and Telangana security personnel near the inter-state boundary in Chhatisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, police said. Chhattisgarh’s Director General, Anti-Naxal (Maoist) Operations, D.M. Avasthi told reporters that the gunfight between the Maoists and the security forces which included Chattisgarh’s...
April 27, 2018Five Maoists were on Wednesday killed in an encounter with security forces in Serendaag jungle of Jharkhand's Latehar district, a senior police officer said.
April 4, 2018Four armed women Maoist cadre in uniform were killed in an encounter with the District Voluntary Force (DVF) in Dokra ghat area in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district on Sunday night. The DVF, which was on a search operation following specific inputs of Maoist movement in the area, were fired upon by the Left-wing extremists,...
March 26, 2018In a major setback to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), at least 12 guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with police in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on Friday. A police constable also lost his life, police said and three personnel of the elite Greyhounds anti-Maoist force were injured. The exchange of fire occurred...
March 2, 2018At least 12 Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police in Telangana’s Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on Friday, police said. A police constable of elite anti-Maoist force Greyhounds was killed and three others were also injured. The exchange of fire occurred in the forests near Venkatapuram village on Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. Some top leaders of the...
March 2, 2018Two Maoists have been killed in a shootout with the CRPF during a search operation launched by the paramilitary force in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, an official said on Friday. The shootout took place around 11.23 p.m. on Thursday between the Maoists and a joint team of the 22 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force...
January 12, 2018Four Maoists, including the top commander of the banned outfit PLFI, were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand’s Khuti district, police said on Wednesday. The gunfight took place on Tuesday night near the Karo river. All four slain militants belonged to the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a police officer...
November 1, 2017At least two maoists, one of them a woman, were killed in an encounter with Odisha Police at Salepali forest in Bargarh district, police said today. “Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with Odisha Police at Salepali in Paikmal police station area of Bargarh dist. Two .303 rifles recovered. Combing op is on,” Director...
September 27, 2017Four Maoists were killed in a fierce gun-battle with the security forces in Bihar on Wednesday. Of the four killed, two are said to be zonal commanders, giving sleepless nights to the cops for long. The encounter took place in Gurpa forests in Gaya, one of the many districts notorious for Naxal activities. Acting on...
March 8, 2017Four Maoists were killed in a fierce gun-battle with the security forces in Bihar on Wednesday. Of the four killed, two are said to be zonal commanders, giving sleepless nights to the cops for long. The encounter took place in Gurpa forests in Gaya, one of the many districts notorious for Naxal activities. Acting on...
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