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Chhattisgarh: 9 killed after naxals blow up vehicle of security personnel with IED

At least eight security personnel and a driver were killed after naxals targeted a vehicle with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Bijapur of Chhattisgarh on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jan 6, 2025

Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar who exposed corruption found murdered in septic tank

Mukesh Chandrakar’s reporting uncovered alleged irregularities in a road construction project

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Mukesh Chandrakar: Indian media bodies seek probe into murder of journalist

Three arrested after Mukesh Chandrakar’s body found on January 3 in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur stuffed in a septic tank.

Al Jazeera · Jan 5, 2025

Chhattisgarh: New security camp established in Bijapur

In the significant move, Chhattisgarh government established a new camp in the People. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Dec 7, 2024

‘Protest and you’ll be jailed’: Two tribal minor girls held in Bijapur, kin left in dark for 15 days

“Police asked if we were linked to Naxals...warned that if I continued protesting, I would be jailed,” said 17-year-old Madkam Dhanni, one of two minors arrested among 17 others after the Chhattisgarh government’s ban on tribal rights outfit Moolvasi Bachao Manch on November 8. 

Newslaundry · Nov 30, 2024

Chhattisgarh: Forces gun down 9 naxals in Bijapur; Weapons recovered

A joint police team went on a search after receiving information about the presence of Maoists from West Bastar in the border area of Dantewada and Bijapur districts. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 3, 2024

10 killed in Bijapur encounter: 2 months on, villagers point to names mismatch, ‘inaction’ over complaint

During the Dussehra break in October last year, Shaiytu Kunjam decided not to return to his residential school in Bijapur’s Basaguda, where he was a student of class 4, from his home in Pidiya village. Seven months later, that decision would cost him his life.

Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2024

Bastar activist ‘helped tribals navigate the system with Hindi’. Now she is held in 5 FIRs

It was a cold November day in 2015. Sukku Kunjam was working at his paddy field in Itavar village, nestled in the hills around Gangloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. But hours later, he ran to the jungle, allegedly apprehending police torture, as security forces stormed the village for a search operation.…

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2024

Chhattisgarh: One more naxal body recovered after exchange of fire between naxals and security forces

Eight Naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter with security personnel, which started yesterday in the border area of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 24, 2024

Chhattisgarh: 14 Naxalites, including 11 with cumulative bounty of Rs 41 lakh, held in Bijapur

Fourteen Naxalites, including 11 carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 41 lakh on their heads, were arrested in Chhattigarh's Bijapur district, a police official said on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 13, 2024