Tag: Encounter

Berhampur: A notorious criminal was injured in an encounter by police at Badamahari road near Kabisuryanagar at around 2.30 am today. The criminal, identified as Dillip Nayak of Baliasira village in the district, sustained bullet injuries on his left leg. He has been admitted to MKCG medical college and hospital here for treatment. A mouser […]

Malkangiri: Former top police officers of Odisha today said the release of video footage of an encounter between security personnel and Maoists on July 12, 2009 in Rajnandangaon forest in Chhattisagarh bordering Malkangiri district that left 29 police personnel dead on social media exposes the weakening of the ultras. Terming the release of the video […]

Phulbani: Senior Congress leader and head of the five-member AICC delegation V Kishore Chandra Deo today claimed that the death of five innocent villagers in Kandhamal district on the night on July 8 was not the result of any encounter between the security personnel and the Maoists, but cold blooded murder. “Going by circumstantial evidence […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the Kandhamal encounter between security forces and Red rebels on Friday night, which resulted in the loss of six tribal lives, including that of a 13-year old boy and a 15-month old girl, the Congress party came down heavily on the ruling BJD for its ‘anti-tribal’ policy. “Whenever such false […]

Rourkela: A joint team of Rourkela Police and CRPF busted a Maoist camp inside Sanabalijor forest under K Balang police limits in Sundargarh district and recovered a huge cache of ammunition after an encounter with the Maoists this morning. Talking to media persons here, RK Sharma, IG, Western Range, said acting on a tip-off that […]

Berhampur: Dreaded criminal Bhikari Das sustained bullet injuries on his leg in a police encounter on Ganjua-Aruapalli road under Gopalpur police limits here on Thursday night. Acting on a tip off, a police team raided the Ganjua-Aruapalli area where Bhikari and his four associates were hatching a plan to commit a crime in the area. […]

Aska: Notorious criminal Chakanayan Nahak sustained bullet injuries on his leg in a police encounter at Jhagadei area late on Friday night. According to police sources, a police team attempted to overpower Nahak and his associate when the duo was roaming in the city on a motor cycle. When the police tried to nab them, […]

Kalyansinghpur: Claiming that the police have killed a Dangaria Kandh tribal youth in cold blood and sought to pass it off as an encounter with the Maoists in Rayagada district on February 27, family members of the youth, backed by the Niyamgiri Suraksha Manch, on Wednesday demanded the return of his body with adequate compensation […]

Bhubaneswar: A notorious criminal was injured during a gun battle with police at Jagannath Sadak area under Mancheswar police limits here last night. Sashanka Nayak, a wanted criminal, sustained injuries in police firing and was admitted to Capital hospital for treatment. Later, he was shifted to SCB medical College and hospital in Cuttack when his […]

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops traded gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts on Wednesday. The first clash took place in Poonch district. Pakistan troopers resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Gulpur and Khari Karmara areas at around 8.15 a.m., Defence Ministry sources said. “They […]

Srinagar: A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and two Kashmiri militants were killed by the Indian forces in an 18-hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, police said. The exact identity of the slain militants was being ascertained. An Indian soldier, a […]

Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday gunned down two heavily armed terrorists hiding in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Receiving information about their presence in Tekkin village, a cordon and search operation was started that led the militants to fire at the forces. Both were killed in the ensuing gun battle. […]

Srinagar : A gunfight started between the security forces and holed up militants on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. Security forces surrounded Binpora village in Khanabal area following information about the presence of the militants there. “As the joint forces of the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), special operations group (SOG) of state […]

Srinagar: One militant was killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. The militant’s body was recovered from the gunfight area in Gandole village of Kokernag area. “Firing has now stopped, but a search operation is ongoing. Identity of the victim is being ascertained,” the […]

Srinagar: Two militants were killed on Thursday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Police sources said militants fired at a patrol party of Rashtriya Rifles in Kralgund forest area of the district late on Wednesday. “Army retaliated the fire after which an encounter started there. […]