Explosives recovered during the anti-Naxal campaign in Chhattisgarh; Police officer injured in improvised explosive device explosion.
Security forces launched a major operation against Naxal in the Chhattisgarh district of Bijapur during which they demolished a Naxalite camp and recovered a depot containing explosives and daily-use items, police said today.
Officials said a Regional Reserve Force (DRG) officer suffered minor injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) installed by Naxalite exploded Wednesday as security personnel returned from their home. campaign.
Two to three Naxalites were killed or injured, a police official said, but their colleagues managed to drag them into refuge in the woods.
Separate joint teams of the Resolute Action Commando Battalion (CoBRA) – an elite unit of the CRPF, Task Force (STF), and DRG from Bijapur and neighboring Dantewada district launched the attack on Thursday Two against the Naxalites in the stronghold of Pidia, one of their superiors.
During the operation, security forces dismantled a Naxalite hideout and recovered a stockpile of explosives, daily supplies, sewing materials, and medicine, the official said, without giving details. more details.
He said a Naxalite memorial was also destroyed by security forces.
