An 18-year-old youth was blown to pieces in a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) triggered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on April 20, reports The Times of India. The body lay there for nearly three days as villagers were terrified of informing Police. The victim, Gadia, was walking down a forest path from a neighbouring village to his home in Mutvandi when he stepped on a camouflaged pressure IED. The explosion was heard in the village. Locals went to investigate and found Gadia dead; his body mangled.
A suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Guddu Kawasi, who was carrying INR 100,000 reward on his head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on April 21, reports Hindustan Times. Bijapur superintendent of police (SP) Jitendra Yadav said that the gunfight took place in a forest near Keshkutul village under Bhairamgarh Police Station area on April 21 morning. “A team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] operation after we got information that the division supply team commander of Maoists, Kawasi Pandaru, and 15-20 other cadres were in Keshkutul-Keshmundi forests,” said Yadav. “When we reached the spot, the Maoists started firing and the encounter started. After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Maoist, a weapon and explosives were recovered from the spot,” the SP said.