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Security personnel kill 10 Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Sukma: CM Sai

Ten Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out in the morning in a forest within the jurisdiction of the Bhejji police station when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, said Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P. The operation was launched based on inputs about the presence of Maoists belonging to Konta and Kistaram area committees of Naxalites on forested hills of Korajguda, Dantespuram, Nagaram and Bhandarpadar villages, he said. Bodies of 10 Naxalites have been recovered from the spot so far, he said. Besides, a cache of weapons, including an INSAS rifle, an AK-47 rifle and a Self Loading Rifle (SLR), were also seized, he said. The search operation by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is still underway in the area, he added. With this incident, bodies of 207 Naxalites ha

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Chhattisgarh elections: Women commandos to be deployed in Naxal-hit areas

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Polling stations to be opened in 40 Naxalite-affected villages of Bastar

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38 jawans of CRPF unit CoBRA test Covid-19 positive in Sukma

As many as 75 personnel posted in the Temelwada camp of the district were subjected to rapid antigen test

CRPF jawan kills 4 colleagues, injures 7 in Chhattisgarh's Sukma

The accused jawan has been identified as Ritesh Ranjan

Sukma: CRPF CoBRA officer killed, 9 commandos injured in Naxal attack

Seven commandos are being treated at a hospital in Raipur while two are being given medical care at a unit hospital at Chintalnar, located in the south Bastar area of the state

CRPF jawan diagnosed with Coronavirus symptoms, forces on high alert

During his leave, he had gone to Alleppey government hospital for his mother's treatment where three tourists from Italy with Coronavirus symptoms were kept in isolation

60 Naxals involved in Sukma attack that killed 9 CRPF jawans, says top cop

Security personnel travelling in the blast-hit MPV were carrying eight automatic rifles, of which four were recovered after the attack, while the rest are missing