Security personnel carrying wounded soldiers (file photo)
Eight Naxalites were arrested in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh and explosives were recovered from them. The arrested Naxalites were planning to plant an improvised explosive device between the Usur-Techmetla road to attack the security forces. They were arrested by security personnel between Usur and Tekmetla villages during an anti-Naxal operation carried out by the District Reserve Guard and local police on Saturday, an official said.
The security personnel seized three tiffin bombs, cables and other material from Joga Madvi, Deva Sodhi, Guddi Madvi, Chula Hemla, Sukla Sodhi, Pyaki Madakam, Sukka Kunjam and Malla Midiyam. It is noteworthy that Naxalites are facing a tough response in Chhattisgarh as security forces have been carrying out continuous operations to eliminate left-wing extremism from CPI (Maoist) strongholds. A day earlier, five Naxalites were killed and two security personnel injured in an anti-insurgency operation in the Bastar region, taking the number of Naxalites killed in separate clashes this year to 197.
Five Naxalites killed in Narayanpur
Five Naxalites were killed in a clash between security forces and Naxalites on Saturday in the border area of Naxal-affected Narayanpur and Kanker districts. Two members of the security forces were also injured during this period. Police officials said that after receiving information about the presence of Naxalites in North Abujhmad area, security forces were sent on an anti-Naxal operation. This team included personnel from the District Reserve Force (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and the Border Security Force.
Officials said that around 8am on Saturday, when the team was in the Abujhmad area, the Naxalites started firing at the security forces. After this, the security forces also retaliated. Following this, the security forces recovered the bodies of five Naxalites and a large number of weapons. The authorities said that two soldiers were injured in the encounter, who are well and out of danger. In Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, security forces have killed 197 Naxalites so far this year in different clashes. Earlier, on November 8, three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the state’s Bijapur district. (PTI input-language)
