July 20, 2025 11:15 am
Inspector General of Police for Bastar Range Sundarraj P said, “One AK-47 rifle, one SLR rifle, one 12-bore rifle, and 11 BGL launchers, among other weapons, were recovered.”
July 18, 2025 10:41 pm
The encounter broke out in the afternoon in an undisclosed location in Abujhmad. Based on intelligence inputs, joint teams of security forces launched a search operation.
October 05, 2024 7:26 am
According to officers, the encounter took place after around 1,000 personnel from the Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Dantewada and Narayanpur set out on an operation, acting on specific intelligence inputs on the presence of Maoists.
March 20, 2024 1:12 pm
The latest encounter took place around 40 km away from Dantewada district headquarters, in the Purangel Gampur forest area. “Bodies of two Maoists, a man and a woman, have been recovered.
May 08, 2023 10:45 am
The gunfight took place in a forest near Danteshpuram village under Bheji police station limits when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma told PTI.
April 27, 2018 9:24 pm
While no police casualties were reported, the operation comes just days after 39 Maoists were killed in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, which borders Bijapur.
January 02, 2015 1:35 am
Shivaji was major intelligence source to police, as his investigation revealed several secrets of rebels.
November 27, 2014 1:50 am
Six CoBRA personnel were also reportedly injured in the ambush as an Mi-17 was rushed to evacuate the security personnel from the forest.
February 19, 2014 1:55 am
This has been the biggest success for the security forces in the Gadchiroli area in recent years.
February 06, 2014 4:21 pm
Four-five Maoists were also killed in the shootout in Bijapur,reports said.


