Notification for first phase of polls issued
Raipur: Notification for the first phase of election to be held in 18 constituencies of Bastar and Rajnandgaon was issued on October18. The nomination process for these seats will close on October 25 after which scrutiny of nomination papers would be performed.October 28 has been marked as last day for withdrawal of nomination papers. The nomination papers would be accepted from 11 till 3 pm. The polling time for first phase of election on November 11 has been decided as 7 am till 3 pm. The first phase would cover Khairagarh, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bastar, Jagdalpur, Chitrakot, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta. About 29.28 lakh voters are in these constituencies where 4074 polling booths have been setup.
Maoists kill cops, loot weapons
Dantewada: Maoist insurgents clad in dress of school students hacked a police jawan to death and seriously injured another at a weekly market on October 12. The rebels also took away the rifle and the walkie-talkie set of the slain cop. The injured jawan is under treatment. The incident happened in Nakulnar weekly market where jawans of district police and Central Reserve Police Forces were deputed for safety. Head Constable Gautam Pandey and Assistant Sub Inspector Satyawadi Sahu, both of district police while walking on duty ventured in to the marked for procuring some daily use item. At the same time, insurgents clad in school students dress and equipped with sharp edged weapons attacked the cops and ran away with their weapons and walkie-talkies.
ec seeks details of meeting at CM house
Raipur: Taking note of the complaint registered by Chhattisgarh Congress alleging that the Chief Minister was using his official residence for election meetings, the State Election Commission has sought reply from CM Secretariat in this connection on October 13. Notably on October 9 Congress party workers lead by President of City Congress Vikas Upadhyay, Congress MlA Kuldeep Juneja and others had registered a complaint with the Chief Election Officer alleging that Chief Minister was violating the model code of conduct by convening meeting of BJP party workers and administrative officer at his official residence.
Maoists expel 13 families
Bijapur: Maoists expelled 13 families of Annaram village under Talraguda thana area on the suspicion of being police informer. The uprooted families have taken shelter in district headquarters at Bijapur. They have requested for help after meeting the district collector Mohammad Quiser Abdul Haque. Notably, the Maoists had earlier killed a person, Kursam Rosanna, of the same village by slitting his throat accusing him of being a police informer and had also asked the 13 families to leave the village threatening that if they failed to obey the diktat, they would be killed. After that incident villagers are living in terror and are taking shelter at their relative’s houses leaving behind their houses, land and properties. The uprooted villagers alleged that some time back the insurgents had abducted five persons of Annaram village and taken them to jungle. The rebels killed one of the abducted villager Kursam Rosanna while released four others on the condition that they would leave the village forever. The Maoist had also asked 13 families, whose family members are in police, to leave the village accusing them of being police informers.