Sukma Attack

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.

The security forces that were ambushed by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh on Saturday were acting on what is now being viewed as faulty intelligence. They had received inputs about the presence of two of their top leaders.

Bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, raising the number of deaths to 22 in the worst ever Naxal attack in four years that resulted from an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed grief over the killing of security personnel in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed and nine others were injured after an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district triggered allegedly by Maoists, officials said today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday condoled the death of 17 security personnel who were ambushed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists allegedly torched one vehicle and three machines engaged in a road construction work in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said.

A woman Maoist was Tuesday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.

Three jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of police were injured, one of them seriously, in a blast carried out by maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Sunday, an official said.

At least 60 Naxals led by local commanders are suspected to have been involved in the deadly attack on a contingent of the CRPF in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district yesterday, a senior police officer said today.

The usage of an 'all visible' mine protected vehicle (MPV), in which nine CRPF men were killed on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh, with Maoists lurking around in a denuded forest area is being seen as a glaring lapse and the rationale to use them is being probed, officials said.

Eight personnel of the Central Police Reserve Force have died after Maoists blew up a mine protection vehicle or MPV, in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

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.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.

The security forces that were ambushed by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh on Saturday were acting on what is now being viewed as faulty intelligence. They had received inputs about the presence of two of their top leaders.

Bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, raising the number of deaths to 22 in the worst ever Naxal attack in four years that resulted from an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed grief over the killing of security personnel in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh.

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed and nine others were injured after an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district triggered allegedly by Maoists, officials said today.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday condoled the death of 17 security personnel who were ambushed in a Maoist attack in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.

Maoists allegedly torched one vehicle and three machines engaged in a road construction work in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said.

A woman Maoist was Tuesday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.

Three jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of police were injured, one of them seriously, in a blast carried out by maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Sunday, an official said.

At least 60 Naxals led by local commanders are suspected to have been involved in the deadly attack on a contingent of the CRPF in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district yesterday, a senior police officer said today.

The usage of an 'all visible' mine protected vehicle (MPV), in which nine CRPF men were killed on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh, with Maoists lurking around in a denuded forest area is being seen as a glaring lapse and the rationale to use them is being probed, officials said.

Eight personnel of the Central Police Reserve Force have died after Maoists blew up a mine protection vehicle or MPV, in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.