Chhattisgarh: 5 Maoists shot useless in Bijapur; toll 14 this month – Occasions of India

RAIPUR: 5 Maoists, together with two ladies, had been gunned down in an encounter with safety forces in Bijapur district of Bastar on Sunday, not removed from the place an IED blast killed eight policemen and a civilian driver six days in the past.
Fourteen Maoists have been neutralized within the first 12 days of the 12 months.
Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav mentioned that in an anti-Maoist search operation on Jan 11, safety forces acquired intelligence in regards to the presence of Maoists in Bandapara-Koranjed forests in Madded space of the Nationwide Park area of Bijapur (round 450km from Raipur).
On the premise if this data, joint forces from District Reserve Guard (DRG), Particular Process Pressure (STF) and District Pressure got down to intercept the Maoists, Bastar Vary IG P Sundarraj mentioned.
The gunfight broke out on Sunday morning in a forest within the Indravati Nationwide Park space. Intermittent exchanges of fireside went on until round 3-4pm. When the weapons fell silent, safety personnel recovered our bodies of 5 uniformed Maoists.
An SLR, two rifles, a 12-bore gun, a grenade launcher, countrymade weapons and explosives had been seized from the positioning of battle.
The Maoists will probably be recognized as soon as troops return to base. Police mentioned that search operations proceed within the area. This area will not be removed from Kutru, 450km from Raipur, the place a 70kg IED blew up 9 individuals, together with eight safety personnel.
Safety forces have stored up the strain on Maoists this 12 months too after neutralizing 222 Maoists in 2024. There have been no less than three main encounters in Gariaband, Abujhmarh and Sukma this month the place 14 Maoists, together with 4 ladies, had been killed. A jawan was shot useless within the Abujhmarh encounter and eight policemen had been killed in an IED blast in Bijapur on Jan 6. Two villagers have died and 4 injured in Maoist IED blasts.