Jawans Walked Into Maoists U-Shaped Trap Based On Faulty Intel: Sources Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack: Once one of the teams reached the spot, some 400 Maoists encircled the security personnel from three sides.
Updated: April 05, 2021 11:23 am IST
Bijapur Naxal Attack: Over 30 personnel were injured in the line of duty on Saturday.
Raipur:
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 Madvi Hidma, the People s Liberation Guerrilla Army s (PLGA) battalion number 1 commander, and Sujatha, an associate in the Jagargunda-Jonaguda-Tarrem belt. It turned out to be a trap, sources now say.
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(News Agencies) New Delhi, April 4: A massive search operation in the Bijapur-Sukma areas of Chhattisgarh, where the encounter with left-wing extremists took place yesterday, are being carried out, officials in the security establishment confirmed that a group of an estimated 400 Maoists had ambushed the forces leading to the killing of at least 22 personnel and injuries to 30 others with one still missing.
The anti-Naxal operation was launched by a strong contingent of about 1,500 troops drawn from CRPF’S specialised jungle warfare unit CoBRA, a few of them from its regular battalions, a unit of its Bastariya battalion, the Chhattisgarh Police affiliated District Reserve Guard (DRG) and others.
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This well-equipped formation of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) stands in the way of security forces regaining control of Maoist strongholds in southern Chhattisgarh
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UPDATED: April 5, 2021 20:57 IST
CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a jawan who lost his life in an encounter with Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, April 4 (PTI)
The April 3 engagement between security forces and Maoists in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, which left 22 security personnel dead and one missing, is yet another duel in the security establishment’s protracted battle against battalion no. 1 of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) and its commander, Hidma. For the forces, eliminating this battalion is crucial to establishing con
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Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary discussed the Naxal terror
He appealed government to conduct a surgical strike against naxals
New Delhi: 22 security personnel lost their lives while several sustained injuries after a party of jawans were ambushed by Maoists near Jonnaguda village along the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhatisgarh s Bijapur.
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary dedicated Monday s (April 5) edition of DNA to the jawans who lost their lives in the attack. Hafiz se pehle Hidma (Hidma before Hafiz) was the call he gave as he initiated a very important discussion on the Naxal terror that has troubled India for decades.
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