RAIPUR: The IED triggered Monday, killing eight constables and a driver, was planted long ago, authorities said, with grass growing on the wires connected to it.“It was probably a command IED, one that is triggered manually by Maoists with a switch wired to the bomb,” Dantewada DIG Kamlochan Kashyap said. The blast was triggered near…
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh police‘s counter-insurgency force District Reserve Guard (DRG) lost eight constables and a driver when Maoists targeted their vehicle by setting off an IED weighing almost 70kg in Bastar region‘s Bijapur district Monday afternoon.This was the deadliest Maoist attack since April 2023 when a similar IED explosion claimed the lives of 10 security personnel…
BIJAPUR: At least eight security personnel and one vehicle driver were killed in a major IED blast triggered by Maoists on a police vehicle in Bijapur district of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on Monday.The incident took place at Kutru region, located about 80 kms from district headquarters around 2.30pm in Kutru-Bedre route. According to reliable…
RAIPUR: Less than a week after warning BJP workers to quit party or die, Maoists killed a BJP worker, Kudiam Mado, in Bijapur on Wednesday, accusing him of working as a police informer. Last Wednesday, Maoists kidnapped and killed two local BJP workers, who were former sarpanchs. Thirteen BJP men and three from Congress have…
NEW DELHI: At least five security personnel were injured on Sunday when a pressure IED planted by Naxalites exploded in ChhattisgarhThe incident occurred in the Tarrem police station area in Bijapur when a team of security personnel was out on a demining exercise from Chinngelur CRPF camp in the area, reported news agency PTI citing…
RAIPUR: Sukki is 13, and feels she is on borrowed time. “How can I save myself from the next blast?” asked the orphaned tribal girl from Sukma in conflict-ridden Bastar, who lost her left leg in a Maoist-triggered IED explosion three weeks ago.She was collecting mahua fruits when the blast happened. She now questions her…
