Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday spoke to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and took stock of the Dantewada incident that claimed the lives of 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and one driver.
The incident took place on the intervening night of March 19-20 near village Alparas and Gundul under Koyelibeda police station limits, Bastar Range IG, P Sundarraj said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against 14 accused persons in a case related to…
If the suggested 'search and destroy' operation was borne out of the reported 'weeks' of planning by senior 'advisors' it says something about the quality of leadership, planning, operational efficacy, accompanying intelligence and the understanding of the societal landscape
The encounter began during a search operation at around 3.30 am on Sunday in the forests of Taldangal.
A driver and 15 security personnel lost their lives when Naxals triggered an IED blast on a police vehicle in Gadchroli’s Kurkheda-Korchi road on Wednesday.
The attack came less than 48 hours before voting begins for the Lok Sabha elections in Bastar.
Bijapur was among 18 constituencies that voted in the first phase of the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh on November 12.
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'.
The home minister said the success of the government's surrender policy was pushing Naxal cadres to shun the path of violence.
