Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed inside tiffin boxes, planted by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, were defused by the Security Forces (SFs) in Gorra villageunder Edka Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Print. “Acting on a tip-off regarding a Naxalite pamphlet, thrown on a gravel road leading to village Gorra, a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) Force, accompanied by police personnel reached the spot and carefully inspected the road,” Police said in a statement. During the inspection, security personnel found Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] pamphlets and traced two 25 kilograms IEDs, concealed inside tiffin boxes dumped at around 150 meters before Gorra village and defused them before they went off. The IEDs are believed to be planted by Maoists in the area, with the intent to injure security personnel. A case has been registered at Edka Police Station in Narayanpur against ‘unidentified’ Kiskodo Area Committee of CPI-Maoist under sections of the Explosive Substances Act.
Ten Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, one of them carrying a reward of INR 100,000 on his head, surrendered in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on January 9, reports The Pioneer. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari, said they were with the Malanger Area Committee of the outlawed Maoist outfit. Bandi alias Kolla Madkam, who carried the bounty, was a ‘Militia Platoon Commander’. The identity of the remaining cadres is yet to be ascertained.