Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres tried to blow up the car of Farsegarh Police Station in-charge Akash Masih in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near Somanpalli on the Kutru-Farsegarh Road in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on May 15, reports abplive.com. The Police Station in charge and a soldier in the vehicle narrowly escaped the blast. However, the front part of the vehicle got damaged due to this blast. It is being told that the Maoists planted an IED from behind a tree through an electrical wire at a distance of about 40 to 50 metres from the main road and escaped after carrying out the blast.
Fourteen Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including 11 carrying a cumulative bounty of INR 4.1 million on their heads, were arrested from the forests of Mutvendi and Pidiya villages in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on May 12, reports The Pioneer. The Maoists -- six women and eight men -- were part of the Maoist group's Military Company No 2 and the Gangaloor Area Committee, Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Kumar Yadav said. These include Renu Kovasi and Mangli Awlam with a reward of INR 800,000 each. Bichchem Uika, Sharmila Kursam and Lakshmi Tati carried rewards of INR 500,000 each. Four cadres had bounties of INR 200,000 each and two had rewards of INR 100,000 each on their head.
Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a teenager surrendered to Security Forces (SFs) in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on May 13, reports The Pioneer. Motiram Kunjam (25) and a 16-year-old boy turned themselves in, Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Rai said. Kunjam was a Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangthan (DAKMS) member while the boy was a Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM) member of the Maoist group.