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  • CAF head constable killed in IED blast planted by Naxals in Dantewada

    By ANI
    DANTEWADA: A Head constable of the 22nd battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was killed in a pressure improvised IED blast on Thursday in Dantewada’s Pahurnar area.

    The IED was planted allegedly by Naxals in the area.

    “A Joint team of Dantewada District Reserve Guard (DRG) and CAF 22 Bn were out on an area domination and for surveilling a bridge construction near Pahurnar across the Indrawathi river in the morning.” P Sundarraj IG Bastar said.

    “At around 1 pm, head constable Laxmikant Diwedi of 22 Bn stepped on a pressure improvised IED and got seriously injured in the blast. Later he succumbed to his injuries,” said Sundarraj.

    “He was on surveillance duty for construction of the bridge when the incident happened,” the IG said.

    Laxmikant Diwedia was a native of Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh. 

  • Chhattisgarh: Maoist carrying reward of Rs 5 lakh killed in gunfight with security forces

    Express News Service
    RAIPUR:  Security forces gunned down a hardcore Maoist cadre in an exchange of fire in the strife-torn Dantewada district, about 450 km south of Raipur on Wednesday.

    “On a tip-off, a joint team of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (17th battalion of CAF) and District Reserve Guards (DRG) were out on the search operation. There was an exchange of fire between the forces and the Maoists inside the forested terrain between Chikpal and Marjum. A body of Maoist with 9 mm pistol was recovered from the encounter site,” said Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallava.

    Pallava added that the Maoist has been identified as Hidma Muchaki, who was Katekalyan area committee member carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. The gunfight continued for over an hour.

    After the gun-battle the remaining cadres of the banned outfit fled into the nearby jungle. The police said that the troopers have intensified their search operation in the region. Dantewada is among the seven worst Maoist-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar.