Maoist Attack News Today

Seven Naxalites, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along the borders of Narayanpur and Kanker districts in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.

Maharashtra Lok Sabha election: One of the reasons for the high turnout has been enhanced security measures adopted by the Gadchiroli police, instilling confidence among the electorate.

India News: RAIPUR: An 18-year-old youth was blown to pieces in a Maoist IED blast in Bijapur district on Saturday - in the same village where a newborn was kille.

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of elections, Odisha police foiled a Maoist attack in Bargarh district.

The body of Chhattisgarh Armed Force’s constable, Ram Ashish Yadav, was cremated with full state honours near his native village of Asanwar in the Ballia district. Yadav was martyred in a Maoist IED blast in the Mirtur area of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.

Two security personnel were killed following a gunfight between Maoists and police in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Wednesday, an official said.

The incident took place at Bairio forest in Chatra district

The Maoists were 400-500 fighters strong, including 200 from one of their most dangerous battalions — the Battalion 1 of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) headed by their new chief Barse Deva — officials said.

As per eyewitness accounts, Dandakaranaya special zonal committee chief Deva Barse led a group of 500-1,000 PLGA members in the attack on joint forces of CRPF and state police in Tekalguda, Sukma

Maoists fired dozens of crudely-made rocket-shaped barrels called BGL and unleashed heavy gunfire in their lethal attack on a CRPF unit in Chhattisgarh on a day the paramilitary force opened a new camp in a remote area of the Bastar region.