Four personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres on the Murkinar road under the Modakpal Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on February 8, reports timesnownews.com. When a team of CRPF's 153rd battalion from Chinnakodepal camp was out on an area domination operation, and was cordoning off the forest along Murkinar road, located around 450 kilometres away from State capital Raipur, the Maoists detonated the IED in which four personnel sustained injuries.
Ten cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) surrendered on separate incidents in Sukma and Dantewada Districts of Chhattisgarh on February 8, reports ibc24.in. In the first incident, Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Majdoor Sangathan (DAKMS) ‘chief’ Dashrath alias Kotulu Mandvi (29), Mangadu Nuppo (27), and Motu Kuhadami (24) surrendered at Dantewada with a reward of INR 100,000 each on their heads, an official said. DAKMS is a frontal organisation of the CPI-Maoist. In the second incident, seven Maoists identified as Kunjami Kosa (23), Kunjami Ganga (31), Nagesh Vanjami (25), Kawasi Hinga (31), Sodi Lakma (44), Kartami Hunga (20) and Kunjami Zayke (45), all residents of Jangampal area under Kukanar Police Station limits, surrendered in Sukma District, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Sharma said.