Naxal Attack In Chhattisgarh

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.

The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh in the last five years and 589 villages have been freed from the clutches of the menace, the state government said on Monday.

Eight Maoists, including a boy, have been caught in connection with last month's Aranpur blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district wherein 10 police personnel and a civilian lost their lives, police said today.

The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.

Of the ten police personnel who lost their lives in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, five had joined the force after quitting Naxalism, a senior official said on Thursday.

A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.

The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.

Ten police personnel and their driver were killed in a blast carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today.

The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.

Two policemen were killed after Naxalites fired at them in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district on Monday, police said.

Five years after 121 tribals were charged for their alleged links to a Maoist attack in which 25 security personnel were killed, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada has acquitted them citing lack of evidence.

A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on her head and wanted in several cases of attack on police, has surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district to reunite with her daughter back home, an official said on Sunday.

A Maoist couple, involved in several deadly attacks and together carrying a reward of Rs 7 lakh, surrendered before the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, police said.

A commando of the CRPF's jungle warfare unit CoBRA was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday, a police official said.

A commando kidnapped by Maoist rebels after a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, in which 22 soldiers were killed and 31 injured, has been released after more than 100 hours in captivity, the state government said on Thursday.

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.

The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh in the last five years and 589 villages have been freed from the clutches of the menace, the state government said on Monday.

Eight Maoists, including a boy, have been caught in connection with last month's Aranpur blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district wherein 10 police personnel and a civilian lost their lives, police said today.

The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.

Of the ten police personnel who lost their lives in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, five had joined the force after quitting Naxalism, a senior official said on Thursday.

A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.

The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.

Ten police personnel and their driver were killed in a blast carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today.

The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.

Two policemen were killed after Naxalites fired at them in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district on Monday, police said.

Five years after 121 tribals were charged for their alleged links to a Maoist attack in which 25 security personnel were killed, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada has acquitted them citing lack of evidence.

A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on her head and wanted in several cases of attack on police, has surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district to reunite with her daughter back home, an official said on Sunday.

A Maoist couple, involved in several deadly attacks and together carrying a reward of Rs 7 lakh, surrendered before the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, police said.

A commando of the CRPF's jungle warfare unit CoBRA was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Friday, a police official said.

A commando kidnapped by Maoist rebels after a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, in which 22 soldiers were killed and 31 injured, has been released after more than 100 hours in captivity, the state government said on Thursday.