Special anti naxal operation commandos showing demo to fight with naxals during inaugural ceremony of the Jharkhand Police Duty Meet at Jharkhand Armed police (JAP) ground in Ranch...
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CRPF men on motorbikes during a routine patrol in Chintalnar
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Security forces on a combing drill walk past adivasi homes in a village near Dornapal
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Bicycles used to transport rice were damaged during an anti-Maoist operation
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‘War’ Economy
The rice-hulling and oil-pressing mill built by villagers in Raiguda, burnt down during an anti-Maoist operation.
The exchange of fire occurred in the forest near Sitagota village under Baghnadi police station area, when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation
The incident occurred a day after Maoists ambushed a team of security forces, killing four BSF personnel and injuring two others in Kanker district of the state.
The encounter took place in a dense forest near Mahla village in Kanker district in Chhattisgarh when a team of BSF's 114th battalion was out on a search operation.
The gun battle took place near Paplur area under the jurisdiction of the Kalimela police station when Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel were conducting a combing operation,DGP R P Sharma said.
The apex court while ordering the house arrest of the five activists on August 29 till Thursday had categorically said "dissent is the safety valve of democracy".
The CRPF has deployed close to a lakh armed personnel and a heavy assortment of weapons and gadgets to tackle the Left Wing Extremism in various states of the country.
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The miserably poor adivasis of Bastar are caught between two armies, that of the State and the Maoists. The latest Maoist ambush has only made lives worse for villagers.