A District Reserve Guard (DRG) trooper was killed and two others were injured in an exchange of fire with the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the forested terrain of Orchha in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on October 24, reports The New Indian Express. A senior police official said, “There was a gun battle between the troopers and the Maoists in the forested terrain of Orchha on Saturday morning. One DRG personnel was killed and another two sustained bullet injuries. The incident occurred when a team of security forces was out on the search operation.” The Police believed that Maoists had suffered casualties although their bodies could not be recovered.
Security Forces (SFs) raided a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) dump of explosives in forests of Duvalikarka region in Kuakonda area in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on October 23, reports The Times of India. Police said that Maoists were planning an attack and were hiding the explosives at the dump. The explosives recovered from the dump includes two tiffin bombs, five kilograms Improvised Explosive Device (IED), four pipe bombs, 50m electric wire, box of syringes, Maoist literature, flash light etc. Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Pallava, said in a statement that indications were clear that Maoists were planning attack on SFs and were in the process of collecting fatal stuff. They had hidden the explosives in a pit on the hills. It appears that member of Chetna Natya Mandali (CNM) of the banned outfit might be holder of the dump as a pair of anklets, drum were also recovered from the spot.