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 police seized some Maoists documents and literatures from them and they are being interrogated, said Alok Rajoria, Superintendent of Police of West Midnapore.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and the injured personnel was being evacuated from the forest, an official said, adding that a search operation was underway in the region.
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi who addressed a rally in Chhattisgarh's Kanker attacked the BJP government over alleged inaction against insolvent businessmen who have 'fled the country'.
Some 25 guerrillas raided the company's camp office while the staff were sleeping, the police said.
Around two feet of the railway track was damaged and the signalling system stopped functioning.