The gunfight took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday in a forest near Burgum village under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
The deceased were identified as Raje Muchaki, Geeta Markam and Jyoti alias Bhime Nuppo, who were active as members of Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists.
A woman Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada districton Monday.
To bring women into the mainstream in the Naxal-affected areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, they are getting employment under government scheme.
32 Naxals carrying reward on their heads surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on October 25.
Watch as India TV's fearless reporters present a ground report from naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma.
A camp of Naxals was raided and destroyed in Endripal jungle in Kirandul police station area along the Dantewada-Bijapur inter-district border. Watch India TV's fearless reporters present a ground report from naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
Watch as India TV's fearless reporters present a ground report from naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
A naxalite carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on September 28.
District administration sets up a health call centre, with an aim to promote institutional deliveries in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.
The state government has started an effort to bring awareness of health and hygiene among the women of Vananchal region through the 'Respect for Women' campaign.
As per the early trends, Devti Karma of the Congress was leading by a margin of 2,778 votes against her nearest rival Ojaswi Mandavi of the BJP, he said.
Prima facie, it seems that Chandraprakash Thakur (33) died of a heart attack but the exact cause of his death will be known after the autopsy, the official from the local administration said.
A massive security blanket of around 18,000 personnel, including those from paramilitary forces, and drones have been thrown around the Dantewada Assembly segment, which is part of the insurgency-hit Bastar region, for conducting peaceful polling, a police official said.
The bypoll for the ST constituency was necessitated following the death of BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi in a naxal attack in April this year.
One INSAS rifle and one 12 Bore weapon with ammunition and other incriminating materials recovered.
Another rebel was injured in the skirmish that took place around 5.30 am at a forest in Daulikarka village when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.
Bhima Mandavi was a rising tribal leader who had been elected to the state assembly thrice.
India TV special report on Dantewada naxal attack.
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