CRPF personnel gun down Maoist in Chhattisgarh
May 4th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANIBijapur (Chhattisgarh), May 4 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel gunned down a suspected Maoist during a combing operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur District on Tuesday.
The rebel was killed in an encounter between the CRPF and a Maoist group.
The killed Maoist was later identified as Rattu Ram Korsa hailing from Bijapur district here.
Later, Vedvrat Sirmour, Additional Superintendent of Police, Bijapur narrated the sequence of events leading to the Maoist’s death and also about the recovery considerable amount of arms and allied items.
“CRPF Battalion number 80 had left yesterday night from Pedi Pada camp. Between Kodiyar Para and Kadel, the Maoists attacked the CRPF. Later on, in the search operation, a Maoist in uniform, armour, pistol and detonators were found,” said Vedvrat Sirmour.
Earlier on Monday, Chhattisgarh Police arrested 13 suspected Maoist rebels from a couple of villages and nearby forest areas here.
Chhattisgarh is one of the States badly affected by Maoist violence.
The estimated 20,000 Maoist combatants operate across a ‘red corridor’ stretching from the Nepal border to West Bengal and through central India into Andhra Pradesh. (ANI)
- Chhattisgarh police arrest 13 suspected Maoists - May 03, 2010
- Nine CRPF personnel injured in Chhattisgarh landmine blast - Jun 30, 2010
- CRPF trooper killed in Maoist attack - Sep 18, 2011
- Maoists set road construction vehicles ablaze - Feb 07, 2012
- Mine blast injures CRPF men, Maoists raid CPI leader's house (Lead) - Jun 15, 2011
- Maoist strike cripples Chhattisgarh, 8 cops injured (Lead) - May 17, 2012
- CRPF kill 9 Maoists in Bastar gunfight, rebels strike back (Second Lead) - Nov 23, 2010
- Maoists kill three villagers in Chhattisgarh village - Jul 05, 2010
- Two Maoists killed, six held in Chhattisgarh - Jan 18, 2011
- Maoists' hideout discovered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district - May 18, 2010
- Police kill two Maoists, arrest six in Chhattisgarh - Jan 18, 2011
- Chhattisgarh gunfight over, no casualties (Lead) - Dec 19, 2010
- Congress workers protest against Maoist attack on CRPF personnel - May 10, 2010
- Six Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh - Dec 26, 2011
- CRPF trooper killed in gunfight with Maoists - Jan 17, 2011
Tags: armour, battalion, bijapur district, central india, combatants, crpf, forest areas, gun down, maoist, maoist group, maoists, nearby forest, number 80, pistol, police force, rebels, reserve police, search operation, sequence of events, west bengal