While activists claim innocents were killed, the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and the Home Ministry blame the Naxals. ...
11:15 PM, Jul 02, 2012
A group of activists led by Justice Rajinder Sachar and Swami Agnivesh on Monday demanded a judicial inquiry into the encounter in Chhattisgarh in which 19 suspected Maoists were killed. In an exclusive interview to IBN18 Network Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, DG CRPF Vijay Kumar said the security forces opened fire after they were fired upon by the Naxals. Here is the full transcript of the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai: "It is...
09:35 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy has erupted over the encounter between the CRPF jawans and the Naxals on June 29, while activists allege innocent civilians were killed in the crossfire, security forces claim the operation was a big success with 16 Naxals killed. Both the central and state governments have defended the CRPF action. The Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh and activists claim the encounter was fake, and those killed were innocent...
09:18 PM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government as well as the Centre are sticking to their stands that the June 27-28 encounter between the security forces and the Naxals in the state was genuine. Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday blamed the state Congress for politicising the encounter in which 20 suspected Naxals were killed by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), saying the rebels are to be blamed if innocents have...
03:40 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Srinagar: Security forces today recovered an air pistol at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, which was reportedly thrown inside a toilet by an unidentified person. Sudhir Kumar, spokesman of the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF), told IANS that some women 'yatris' (pilgrims) raised an alarm after an unidentified person entered the ladies toilet in Baltal camp and threw an air pistol inside. "The air pistol...
03:31 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Hyderabad: In a major operation, thirty-six Naxals were on Sunday apprehended by the CRPF and state police from Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. Among those nabbed is top Naxal commander Lambayya who carries a reward of Rs 30,000 on his head. The security forces also seized a number of weapons and ammunition besides Rs one lakh in cash after the operation. The arrested Naxals have been identified as Pangni Mangu...
09:54 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Activists allege that the CRPF team involved in the reported encounter killed innocent civilians and not Naxals. ...
07:29 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi/ Raipur: A controversy has erupted over the claims made by security forces that they had gunned down 20 Naxals during an encounter in Chhattisgarh on Friday. Activists allege that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team involved in the reported encounter killed innocent civilians and not Naxals. Swami Agnivesh and Professor Haragopal who have often played mediators in hostage crises in the past claim that those killed were...
11:35 AM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: In Chhattisgarh 18 suspected Naxals have been killed in two separate operations in Bijapur and Sukma. Six CRPF personnel were injured, two are said to be critical. 16 alleged Naxals were killed in Bijapur, Chattisgarh with a combing operation that began on Thursday night ending on Friday morning. And in an operation at Sukma district, two suspected Naxals were shot dead. The encounter, which took place in the...
09:05 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Raipur: In a major crackdown by CRPF, at least 20 naxalites, including a woman, were killed in a fierce overnight encounter in the dense jungles of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh that left six jawans wounded. The encounter, which took place in the forests of Silger, an uncharted Maoist zone between the Naxal hotbed of Jagargunda and Basaguda in Bijapur district of Bastar region, was launched on Thursday night in a joint...
12:42 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Raipur: Sixteen suspected Naxals have been killed in an encounter with CRPF in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area. Six CRPF personnel have also been critically injured. The 6-hour Naxal-CRPF encounter ended on Friday morning at the Basuguda police station in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh. Two jawans who were seriously injured have been shifted to Raipur. The encounter, which took place in the jungles of Silger, a "liberated" Maoist zone between the Naxal hotbed...
09:19 AM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: An encounter between Naxals and CRPF perosnnel is underway in Chhattisgarh. Reports said that nine 9 CRPF men and 3 Naxals have been injured in the incident. Two CRPF perosnnel, who were seriously injured have been shifted to Raipur. The encounter is on at the Basuguda police station in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh. ...
08:45 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Srinagar: In a major embarrassment for the Jammu and Kashmir police, four of its undercover cops have been arrested for allegedly working with militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. They even allegedly carried out attacks on security forces - the latest such incident was in Khanyaar where seven CRPF personnel were injured. One of the spy cops, Mukhtar Sheikh, had been arrested earlier for allegedly providing SIM cards to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) used...
09:43 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Rourkela (Odisha): In stepped up anti-Maoist operations in Odisha's Sundargarh district, security forces on Monday demolished a rebel training camp in the dense forest of Saranda. Acting on a tip-off, jawans of CRPF, Special Operation Group (SOG) and district voluntary force (DVF) raided the Maoist camp in the forest near Langalkata in K Balang police station area, the police said. The ultras while retreating into dense forest fired at the...
06:34 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court's probe team has suggested that CRPF security be provided to the inmates of the shelter home in Rohtak that is at the centre of a baffling sex abuse case. The HC probe panel made the recommendations after its report found shocking details of sexual exploitation of the inmates. The report said that the children at the Apna Ghar hostel were forced to perform...
11:46 AM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out early on Sunday morning at the CRPF headquarters in the CGO complex in New Delhi. The fire was reported around 6:45 am from the ground floor of the four-storeyed building and five fire tenders were rushed. Fire officials said that the fire engulfed the public relations section of the force and a number of books, documents and other material has been destroyed. There were...
09:40 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Sringar: Suspected militants fired at a CRPF patrol group on Wednesday morning, injuring six personnel. The incident took place near Sheeraz cinema in Khanyar. The suspected militants fired indiscriminately at the patrol camp. Two militants riding a motorcycle fired on the CRPF personnel of 82nd Battalion as they were leaving their headquarters at Shiraz Cinema for law and order duty at around 7:15 am, Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Aashiq...
09:12 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Parliament House complex will soon be guarded by a special commando-trained squad of CRPF which will be armed with modern weapons and communication gadgets. The elite squad will be called the Parliament Duty Group (PDG) and this is the first time that the historic building will have a system of "uniform armed protection" for itself, a CRPF officer said. The Union Home Ministry had recently approved the creation...
04:39 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Naxals on Thursday killed two people and abducted 10 others from Marke village in Gadchiroli district. Naxals are demanding that the CRPF should be withdrawn from the area and that Operation Green Hunt should be halted. The incident comes hours after BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka was released on Thursday after 32 days. ...
02:40 PM, Apr 26, 2012
K Vijay Kumar, DG, CRPF said that there should be more coordination among the security agencies to deal with Naxals. ...
10:20 PM, Apr 24, 2012
