Naxal attack kills a Police jawan
Raipur: A police jawan was killed and 4 others were injured when naxals attacked a police patrolling party in Maoist-hit Kondagoan district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. The Maoists attacked the police party in Borgaon village on the Raipur-Jagdalpur National Highway. The patrolling party, comprising 7-8 contingents of district force, was on night duty in the region when about 30-40 armed naxals opened indiscriminate gun fire on them. In retaliation, jawans also fired the gun shots following which naxals fled to the core area of the forest. In the gun battle that lasted for an hour in which Constable Sanjay Mandavi died on the spot and four other policemen were injured, he said.
Congress to launch Kalash Yatra
Raipur: Congress has decided to start ‘Kalash Yatra' as a mark of respect to the martyrdom of its senior leaders. The yatra, which is likely to start next month, will travel through all the 90 Assembly constituencies of the poll-bound State. The date for commencing of Parivartan Yatra which would begun from the Maoist ambush site in Darbha has not been decided. ‘Kalash Yatra’ would be taken out from the native places of four slain Congress leaders - Nand Kumar Patel, Vidya Charan Shukla,Mahendra Karma and Uday Mudliyar.
state to use satellite data to track illegal mining
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Government will be making use of ‘high resolution satellite data' to track down illegal mining activities in the State. This apart, a series of check posts and barriers will be established jointly by the departments of Mining and Forests to put a check on illegal transport of minerals in the State. It was decided in a State-level Mining Department related Co-ordination cum Empowered Committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar at the Mantralaya here on June 18. Kumar said that high resolution data from the GPS satellites must be utilised for tracking illegal mining activities and also illegal transport of minerals in the State. There should be limitations earmarked in the mining zones and after acquiring their co-ordinates, the same must be identified in the maps, he added.
2 Hardcore Maoists surrender
Raipur: TWO hardcore Maoists, one of them carrying cash reward of Rs1 lakh on his head, surrendered before the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bastar range, Himanshu Gupta, at Bijapur on June 18. According to official information received from the office of IGP, Pallo Budhu, 22, and Baisu Raiyam alias Bajnu, 25, both residents of Bijapur laid down their arms before the IGP. Pallo Budhu was member of NIB (National Park-Indravati Bhairamgarh) military company of the outfit. The Chhattisgarh Government had declared cash reward of Rs1 lakh on each member of Naxal military company. Both the Naxals were involved in serious offences.