Raipur/Bijapur, Dec 29 (IANS) In yet another blow to Maoist activities in the Bastar region, a joint team comprising the District Reserve Guard from Bijapur, personnel from Gangaloor Police Station, and the Bomb Disposal Squad successfully detected and neutralised a powerful 10-kilogram improvised explosive device planted by Maoists during a search operation in the Munga-Peddakorma area on Monday. The operation was launched early morning as part of ongoing anti-Naxal initiatives to secure vulner…
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Raipur/Bijapur, Dec 29 (IANS) In a major success against Left-Wing Extremism, a joint team comprising personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force’s 214 Battalion based at Kandlaparti camp and the local District force conducted a search operation in the Kandlaparti area on December 28, successfully recovering and neutralising a Maoist-planted improvised explosive device (IED) along with a significant dump of insurgent materials, said police officials. During routine area domination and demini…
Raipur/Bijapur, Dec 28 (IANS) In a significant blow to Maoist insurgency in the Bastar region, personnel of the 199th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered and neutralised two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by Maoists, averting a potential tragedy.According to police officials, the operation was conducted under the jurisdiction of Gangaloor Police Station. A CRPF team deployed from the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Koppaguda was undertaking routine area domin…
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) The Bihar Police earlier this week claimed that the state is now completely free from the influence of Maoists, while serious crimes such as murder, robbery and riots have recorded a notable decline.Releasing the annual performance report at the Police headquarters in Patna, Home Department Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Chaudhary and Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar addressed the media.They said that strict policing, effective use of technology, and sus…
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Telangana Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T. Prabhakar Rao, the prime accused in the phone tapping case, was released by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday. The former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who was questioned by the SIT for two weeks after the Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender, was released from Jubilee Hills Police Station.The SIT is scheduled to submit its report on the custodial interrogation of Rao to the Supreme Cou…
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the reported decision of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to issue notices to former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao in the phone tapping case. The BJP leader, however, expressed doubt about the state government taking the probe to its proper conclusion.In a post on ‘X’, Bandi Sanjay alleged that K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and K. T. Rama Ra…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) In a major development, 22 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, including 10 women, laid down their arms before the Odisha Police in Malkangiri district on Tuesday.All the Left-Wing Extremists (LWE), belonging to the Chhattisgarh cadre, surrendered before the Odisha Police in the presence of Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha, YB Khurania, during a special programme.The surrendered Maoist cadres carried a combined reward of around Rs 1.48 crore, accor…
Raipur/Bijapur, Dec 23 (IANS) In a significant victory against Left-Wing Extremism, security forces have unearthed a major illegal dump concealed by Maoists in the dense forests of Karregutta Hills, under Usur police station in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police officials said. The intensive operation, involving joint teams from the District Force, elite COBRA-204 battalion, and CRPF-196, resulted in the recovery of critical weapons repair equipment, materials for manufacturing Barrel Grena…
Raipur/Sukma, Dec 22 (IANS) In a significant blow to Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, security forces have dismantled an illegal arms manufacturing facility operated by Naxals in the forested hills near Meenagatta village in Sukma district, said the officials on Monday. Based on precise intelligence, a joint team from the 150th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the district police launched a targeted operation, completely neutralising the clandestine unit…