Bijapur. Bijapur police has achieved a big success on Sunday. The BDS team discovered and destroyed a 25 kg IED planted by Maoists on the road near the paddy market at a distance of 3 km from Usoor on the Usoor-Awapalli main road. The Maoists had placed the IED in a plastic container in the middle of the road.
According to media reports, the Maoists had placed the IED in a plastic container on the main road with the help of the command switch system with the intention of damaging big vehicles. The IED could have caused harm to the general public. Planting IEDs on the main road in this manner without caring about the lives of the general public with the intention of harming the security forces shows the panic of the Maoists. It is clear from the action being taken by the security forces against the Maoists that their nefarious intentions will never succeed.
Let us tell you that the security forces are continuously running a campaign against the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh. On Saturday, the security forces killed eight Naxalites in an encounter in Bijapur. Security forces recovered several weapons including INSAS rifle, BGL launcher from the encounter site.
On January 31, a joint team of DRG, STF, Cobra 202 and Central Reserve Police 222 Battalion received secret information about the presence of Naxalites of the banned Naxalite organization of West Bastar Division in the Gangaluur police station area in Bijapur. After this, the security forces started an anti-Naxal operation. During the operation, an encounter started between security forces and Naxalites in the forests of Korcholi-Todka at around 8:30 am on Saturday. Intermittent firing continued for a long time. 8 Naxalites were killed in the encounter.
