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  • Big Win For Security Forces In Chhattisgarh As 28 Maoists Killed In Narayanpur Encounter |

    Dantewada: Security personnels have registered massive success in Naxal crackdown in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region as 28 Naxalites were neutralised in a fierce encounter on Friday, PTI reported citing a senior police official. 

    A gunfight erupted at around 1 PM in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages, located on the Narayanpur-Dantewada inter-district border, during an anti-Naxal operation by a joint security team, according to Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range), Sundarraj P’s statement to the news agency. 

    He further informed that a total of 28 naxals were killed during the encounter that involved state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF). 

    An arsenal of weapons, including an AK-47 and a self-loading rifle (SLR), was recovered from the site of the encounter. Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai earlier reported that approximately 30 Naxalites were killed in the gunfight. 

    Following the recent encounter, security forces have killed a total of 185 Maoists in separate gunfights across the Bastar region, which includes seven districts like Dantewada and Narayanpur, this year, according to police. On April 16, a significant clash in Kanker district led to the deaths of 29 Naxalites, including several high-ranking cadres.

    Meanwhile, During a one-day visit to Bijapur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai made significant statement regarding Naxalism. Sai stated that operations against Naxals will be intensified after the rains. He added that camps are continuously being established, with 29 new camps set to be set up after the rains.

  • CG NEWS: Bike riders kidnapped a four month old child, police engaged in search

    Pushpendra Singh, Dantewada. A sensational case has come to light from Podum Panchayat, where two bike riders have kidnapped a four-month-old child. The victim’s family has lodged a complaint at the Kotwali police station. The police took immediate action and sent a team to the spot, but no clue of the kidnappers has been found yet. At present, the police is engaged in searching for the accused.

    According to the information, Hidmu, a resident of Pondum, has a house on the roadside near the market. He had put his child in a swing. His wife was threshing paddy inside the house. Two more children were also playing. Meanwhile, two bike riders came and asked Hidmu to bring liquor and gave him a hundred rupees. Hidmu told his two children to keep swinging and he would bring liquor for his younger brother. Meanwhile, Hidmu went a little distance to get liquor, one of them started the bike and the other picked up the child and ran away. After the news of this incident, there was a stir in the entire Pondum Panchayat. Inquiries were made from house to house in the area but the bike riders were not found anywhere.

    Police station in-charge Vijay Patel said that a team has been dispatched immediately. A case of kidnapping has been registered against the unknown accused. CCTV cameras are being scanned. The accused have fled towards Katekalyan. CCTV footage installed in Katekalyan is being seen. The accused will be caught soon.