BJP official murdered by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary has been killed by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.
The body of Kaka Arjun (52) was found on Wednesday evening on Kongupalli-Ilmidi road in Bijapur, located more than 400 km from state capital Raipur, they said.
Arjun was the secretary of BJP Bijapur district unit's Scheduled Tribe wing, as per the party.
The opposition BJP in the state termed it as a "targeted" killing and demanded a high-level probe into it while claiming Maoists had protection of the ruling Congress.
However, the Congress condemned the incident and said the BJP should not politicise it.
Arjun, who served as the sarpanch (head) of Ilmidi village panchayat between 2016-2020, had gone to Semaldodi village with his wife on his motorcycle after being called by someone at around 10 am on Wednesday, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Chandrakant Gavarna.
After reaching there, he dropped his wife and went inside a f

The Chhattisgarh police on Friday said the powerful improvised explosive device (IED) that exploded killing 10 policemen and a civilian driver in Dantewada had been planted by Naxalites at least two months ago.
The explosive, however, remained undetected during the demining exercise conducted a day before the attack on Wednesday, they said.
Ten personnel, belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of police, and a civilian driver were killed after Naxalites blew up a multi-utility vehicle (MUV), which was part of a convoy carrying security personnel in Aranpur police station area of Dantewada on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 1 km from Aranapur police station on the road that goes to Dantewada district headquarters.
The preliminary investigation suggests that the IED was planted at least two months ago or before it. The grass had grown on the layer of soil under which the wire, which was connected to the explosive, was concealed, Inspector General of Police ..

An escort vehicle of BJP legislator Bheema Mandavi's convoy after a Maoist bomb attack in Dantewada, Chattisgarh, on April 9, 2019. Photo: ANI

The incident occurred in the Aranpur area when the DRG team was returning to its district headquarters in Dantewada between 1 p.m. and 1:30 pm

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Maoists torch 4 vehicles engaged in mining work in Chhattisgarh's Kanker

Maoists set four vehicles on fire at an iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Monday, police said.
No one was injured in the incident, they said.
A group of Maoists reached near the Chargaon iron ore mine of a private firm in Siksod police station area in the wee hours and torched two trucks and as many sports utility vehicles (SUV) which were parked there, a police official said.
Out of the four vehicles, the two trucks and an SUV were engaged in mining-related work, he said.
After torching the vehicles, Maoists fled into a forest, he said.
A police team rushed to the spot in the morning and a search operation was launched to nab the culprits, the official said.
Maoists have in the past also burnt vehicles engaged in mining-related work in the area.

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The incident happened in Patadhara Reserve Forest in Bheden block when the CRPF personnel were going from one camp to another, police said

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