Security forces neutralise 9 Maoists in Chhattisgarh
According to police sources, an intense search operation was initiated by security forces based on intelligence
According to police sources, an intense search operation was initiated by security forces based on intelligence
The deceased, identified as Commander Tijau Ram Bhuarya, was stationed at the 4th Battalion in the Darbha area.
One of the three deceased Maoists has been identified as Lalit, aged 34 years of Gampur village in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
They were killed in an intelligence-based operation and the rebels were in their hideout in the mountainous terrains when the operation was launched to flush out the Maoists, said Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Sunil Bansal.
The banners also appealed to the locals to observe "Martyrs Week" from July 28 to August 3 to commemorate the death anniversary of rebel leader and founder of CPI(ML), Charu Majumdar.
The body of Korasa Ramesh (33), who was kidnapped by Maoists three days ago, was found near the Kottapalli area on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Wednesday.
The Maoists strength in the erstwhile cutoff areas and the epicentre of left-wing extremism in the State referred to as Swabhiman Anchala in official parlance
The paramilitary personnel of State police exchanged fire in self-defence.
All of them will be properly rehabilitated and will receive monetary assistance as per the Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme of the government of Odisha.
His team was ordered to secure an area for an Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter to land so it could carry the injured and the dead to the hospital. Accomplishing this task successfully, the battalion next was targeted by Maoist snipers.