Naxalites declare safety forces carried out aerial shelling in South Bastar; police say try and mislead
4 min readBy PTI
RAIPUR: The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoists) has claimed that the safety forces carried out aerial strikes utilizing a helicopter and drones in Chhattisgarh’s South Bastar area the place an encounter had taken place on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh Police, nevertheless, stated the declare gave the impression to be an try and mislead the native inhabitants, and the safety forces by no means compromise on the security of the native folks throughout their operations.
A press launch, purportedly issued by the Naxalites, started to flow into on social media on Wednesday evening following an encounter between the CoBRA commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Maoists in South Bastar.
The CRPF had on Wednesday stated {that a} workforce of its elite CoBRA commandos was descending from a helicopter within the jungles alongside the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when Maoists fired on them, and there was a gun-fight.
No commando was injured whereas efforts have been on to collect details about casualties on the Maoist facet, it had stated.
Later, a one-page assertion issued within the title of Ganga, secretary of the `South Bastar Division Committee’ of the Naxalites, claimed {that a} joint workforce of Chhattisgarh and Telangana police carried out shelling utilizing drones and from a helicopter, focusing on forests and hills in Pamed, Madkanguda, Mettaguda, Sakiler, Kannemarka, Rasapalli and different villages.
An analogous strike had been carried out on April 15, 2022, it claimed.
The assertion additionally referred to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s latest assertion that efforts have been on to complete off the Naxalite menace earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Bastar Police on Thursday stated it was verifying the press launch.
“We are verifying the authenticity of the press release as well as the facts mentioned in it, “Inspector General of Police (Bastar vary) Sundarraj P stated.
It seemed to be yet one more try by Naxalites “to mislead the native population and cover up their losing ground and shaken morale of the cadres,” he stated.
“State police and the security forces deployed in Bastar are committed to bringing an end to the nefarious intent and act of the banned CPI Maoist outfit. At the same time, there is no compromise in our policy of keeping the wellbeing and safety of our people as the epicenter of our plan and action,” the IG added.
RAIPUR: The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoists) has claimed that the safety forces carried out aerial strikes utilizing a helicopter and drones in Chhattisgarh’s South Bastar area the place an encounter had taken place on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh Police, nevertheless, stated the declare gave the impression to be an try and mislead the native inhabitants, and the safety forces by no means compromise on the security of the native folks throughout their operations.
A press launch, purportedly issued by the Naxalites, started to flow into on social media on Wednesday evening following an encounter between the CoBRA commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Maoists in South Bastar.
The CRPF had on Wednesday stated {that a} workforce of its elite CoBRA commandos was descending from a helicopter within the jungles alongside the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when Maoists fired on them, and there was a gun-fight.
No commando was injured whereas efforts have been on to collect details about casualties on the Maoist facet, it had stated.
Later, a one-page assertion issued within the title of Ganga, secretary of the `South Bastar Division Committee’ of the Naxalites, claimed {that a} joint workforce of Chhattisgarh and Telangana police carried out shelling utilizing drones and from a helicopter, focusing on forests and hills in Pamed, Madkanguda, Mettaguda, Sakiler, Kannemarka, Rasapalli and different villages.
An analogous strike had been carried out on April 15, 2022, it claimed.
The assertion additionally referred to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s latest assertion that efforts have been on to complete off the Naxalite menace earlier than the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Bastar Police on Thursday stated it was verifying the press launch.
“We are verifying the authenticity of the press release as well as the facts mentioned in it, “Inspector General of Police (Bastar vary) Sundarraj P stated.
It seemed to be yet one more try by Naxalites “to mislead the native population and cover up their losing ground and shaken morale of the cadres,” he stated.
“State police and the security forces deployed in Bastar are committed to bringing an end to the nefarious intent and act of the banned CPI Maoist outfit. At the same time, there is no compromise in our policy of keeping the wellbeing and safety of our people as the epicenter of our plan and action,” the IG added.
