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CPI (Maoist) Hit Squad Attacks Ex BJP MLA In West Singhbhum District, Kills Two Bodyguards
West Singhbhum District, January 4, 2022: Former BJP MLA from Manoharpur, Gurucharan Nayak, on Tuesday narrowly escaped an attack by armed cadres of the CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, but the Maoists slit the throats of his two policemen bodyguards and snatched three AK-47 rifles before escaping from the spot, a senior officer said.
Chakradharpur Sub-divisional Police Officer Dilip Khalkho said that the attack by cadres of the CPI (Maoist) took place in Jheelruwa village in Goilkera police station area after a football match in which Nayak was the chief guest.
“Soon after the local football match was over, the Maoists, who were in the crowd of football-watchers, suddenly attacked Nayak. He somehow managed to escape with the help of his policemen bodyguards. The Maoists, however, slit the throats of his two policemen bodyguards and snatched their AK-47 rifles. They also snatched a similar rifle from another security personnel and fled the spot,” the officer said.
Gariaband District, January 3, 2022: A Special Task Force (STF) trooper was injured in a gun battle between Naxalites and security personnel in a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district on Sunday, police said.
The fighting broke out early in the morning in the Devdongar forest area when the STF was on an anti-Maoist operation, Gariaband Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Chandresh Singh Thakur said.
Acting on an input about the movement of Maoists in an area bordering Odisha state, two STF teams launched the operation on Saturday night.
When one of the teams was advancing through a hill, it came under fire from a group of Naxalites that led to the encounter, he said.
After a brief exchange of fire, the Maoists fled into the dense forest towards Odisha, the officer said.
An STF jawan, Yuvraj Sagar, suffered a bullet injury in his abdomen. He was rushed to a hospital from where he was referred to Raipur for further treatment.
A team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was rushed to spot and the Odisha police were also intimated, he said.
CoBRA Commando Injured By IED Blast Triggered By Naxalites In Sukma District
Sukma District, December 31, 2021: A commando of CRPF’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA was injured in an IED explosion triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Friday, officials said.
The improvised explosive device (IED) blast was followed by an exchange of fire between the troops on patrol and the Maoists around 1 pm along the Palodi-Kistaram axis of the district.
A member of the 208th battalion of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) has been injured during the anti-Naxal operation and he is being evacuated, they said.
Sukma district, in the south Bastar region of the state, is located about 400 kms from capital Raipur and multiple units of the CoBRA and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are deployed here and adjoining districts for conducting anti-Maoist operations.
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