Growing disillusionment with the Maoist ideology and sexual torture on cadres besides extortion tactics by red rebels drove two women Maoists to give up arms and return to the mainstream in Odisha, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Serving as a source of inspiration for many in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, where the Naxals once ran their…
According to the District Sukma Police, the Naxals killed two villagers named Madvi Ganga (Deputy Sarpanch of Tadmetla) and Kawasi Sukka (Shikshadoot) by holding 'Jan Adalat' (people's court) on June 28.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two Naxals, including a woman, in connection with the 2019 Tiriya encounter case of Chhattisgarh which claimed the lives of six Naxals and one civilian, the agency said on Tuesday.
IG Bastar Sundarraj P said that a joint operation was launched by District Reserve Guard (DRG) Kanker and 132 Battalion BSF troops in Amatola
The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana, around 500 km from here when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
Around one lakh security personnel, including central paramilitary force, have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling in the first phase of Chhattisgarh elections.
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.
Two CISF personnel were also injured in the blast triggered by Naxals and have been shifted to a hospital.
The home minister said the success of the government's surrender policy was pushing Naxal cadres to shun the path of violence.
