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Police Report 1 DRG Constable Killed In Firefight With Alleged PLGA Cadres In Bastar Region

Kondagaon District, January 5, 2025: Four cadres of the PLGA and a constable of the District Reserve Guard were killed in a skirmish between Maoists and security personnel that began on Saturday and continued till Sunday afternoon in Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad’s forests, Sundarraj P., Inspector General of Police for the Bastar Range announced to the press today.

Abujhmad is a vast forested area spread across Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker — three of the seven districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region — and according to the IGP’s report is a hotbed of Maoist activity. As per the IGP’s statement security forces have aggressively launched anti-Maoist operations in the area beginning last year.

In his prepared remarks the IGP revealed that the latest operation, the first major one this year, was undertaken by DRG teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Jagdalpur, and Kondagaon districts, and a Special Task Force.

In conclusion the IGP said that after the firing ceased, search operations were conducted and four bodies were recovered. They were dressed in the uniform of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

The IGP added that a DRG head constable, Sannu Karam, was also killed, and that a search operation was still underway in the area.

The security personnel have reportedly seized automatic weapons such as AK47 from the site of the encounter.

Source : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chhattisgarh/four-naxalites-cop-killed-in-encounter-in-chhattisgarhs-dantewada/article69063876.ece

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