Eight Naxals Planning Attack on Security Forces Held in Chhattisgarh

Bijapur: Eight lower-rung Naxalites were arrested and explosives seized from m in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.

arrested cres were planning to plant an IED between Usoor- Tekmetla route to target security forces.

y were apprehended on Saturday by security personnel between Usoor and Tekmetla villages during an anti-Naxal operation by District Reserve Guard and local police, an official said.

Security personnel seized three tiffin bombs, wires, and or materials from Joga Mvi, Deva Sodhi, Guddi Mvi, Chula Hemla, Sukla Sodhi, Payki Mkam, Sukka Kunjam and Malla Midiyam.

Notably, Naxalites are facing severe backlash in Chhattisgarh as security forces have launched a relentless campaign to ericate Left Wing Extremism from CPI (Maoist) strongholds.

A day before, five Naxalites were killed and two security personnel injured in an anti-insurgency operation in Bastar region, taking toll of Naxalites killed in separate encounters this year to 197.