Officers were returning from an earlier confrontation in Chhattisgarh state, in which five alleged insurgents were killed

Nine security forces including a driver were killed on Monday in an attack carried out by Maoist rebels, also known as Naxals, in central India, officials said. The Naxalites detonated an IED, blowing up a police vehicle in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state.

A police vehicle carrying victims was struck by a blast in Bijapur district on Monday, according to a police statement

Around 1,000 suspected Naxalites were arrested and 837 surrendered during 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Indian security forces on Sunday battled with Maoist rebels in their forested heartland, police said, with at least four

“Four bodies of Maoists, who were in their battle uniform, have been recovered after an encounter with police forces,” police inspector general P. Sunderraj said, adding one police constable had also been killed. “Action is still on,” he said. Around 1,000 suspected Naxalites were held and 837 surrendered in 2024.

Maoists in India say they are fighting for farmers and landless labourers to gain control over their land and a fair share of minerals, exploited by mining companies.

At least eight policemen and a driver were killed in a bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.

Indian Maoist guerrillas killed nine members of the security forces on Monday by detonating a roadside bomb that tossed their vehicle into the air, police said. Photographs published by Indian media showed a deep crater ripped into the road by the blast.

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -- At least eight policemen and a driver were killed in a bomb blast set off by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday. The police vehicle in which the victims were travelling was hit by a blast in the Bijapur district of the state on Monday, a police statement said.