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The patrolling team, comprising personnel from the DRG and the Special Task Force, was cordoning off a forest at a hill near Gogunda, when the ultras triggered the IED blast, he said.
Mandavi had joined the banned outfit in 2004 as a member of the Chetna Natya Mandli (CNM), the cultural wing of Maoists, in Pamed area committee where she worked till 2011.
“Women police commandos are at par with their men counterparts. I am confident they will they do a good job. It is a unique example of women empowerment,” said Bastar IG, Vivekananda Sinha.
One INSAS rifle and one 12 Bore weapon with ammunition and other incriminating materials recovered.
The incident has been reported a day after the Naxals, on Wednesday, triggered an IED blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli in which 16 people including 15 security personnel lost their lives.
The incident has been reported a day after the Naxals, on Wednesday, triggered an IED blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli in which 16 people including 15 security personnel lost their lives.
"We have yet to get complete information about the incident. As per preliminary reports, QRT (Quick Response Team of state police) was going a place where torching of vehicles (by Naxals) had taken place," Hansraj Ahir said.
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10 security personnel martyred in an IED blast by Naxals in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
15 commandos and a driver of the bus carrying them were killed when Naxals triggered an IED blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.
IED blast by Naxals on a police vehicle in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
"A group of Maoists gathered around 3.30 am at Dadapur where the construction of a national highway has been going on since the last few months," Shailesh Balkawade, Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli said.
A few weapons were also recovered from the spot, he said, adding more details were awaited as the search operation was still underway in the area.
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.
Narayanpur district falls in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency that witnessed voting in the first phase on April 11.
The encounter between the two, took place around 6 am in the forests of Belbha Ghat area of the district when troops of the 7th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were undertaking operations, they said.
The encounter took place at around 4:20 pm when the ultras attacked a team of security forces out on an area domination-cum-search operation in a forest near a helipad in the Orchha area, Deputy Inspector General (Anti-Naxal Operation) Sundarraj P told PTI.
A Naxal was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on the day of polling for the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday, police said.
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Dantewada falls in the Bastar Lok Sabha seat which will go to polls in the first phase on Thursday.
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