Tag: Landmine Blast

The incident reportedly took place today morning. The deceased has been identified as Priyaranjan Kanhar, a resident of Kiamunda

Malkangiri/Koraput: Panic gripped locals after a landmine exploded at Kaliajhola area under Jeypore in Koraput district today. However, no casualties were reported in the incident. A poster in the name of Sadharan Adivasi Janata has also been recovered from the spot. In the poster, the outfit has warned the Maoists to abstain from carrying violent […]

Rayagada: An Odia  jawan of the District Voluntary Force (DVF) was killed in a landmine explosion near Sakata village under Muniguda police limits of Rayagada district late last night. The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Majhi (22) of Ambadola village of the same district. The incident occurred during a combing operation in Niyamagiri area. […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: In yet another significant action taken by the Odisha government in a day today in connection with the Sunki ghat landmine blast, a financial aid of Rs 10 lakh was announced on Sunday for  the five Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) staff who got injured in the explosion on February 1. Talking to OTV […]

Bhubaneswar/Jeypore: Even as suspense continues over the involvement of Maoist organisation in Sunki landmine blast that killed nine OSAP jawans, a five-member team of State Crime Branch today reached Pottangi Police station and examined some documents as part of investigation. The left wing extremists division of the State probe agency examined various articles seized from […]

Bhubaneswar: A five-member team of the Odisha Crime Branch (CB) led by DSP PK Mishra visited Koraput today to probe into the landmine blast occurred in Sunki Ghat area in the district on Wednesday that claimed lives of eight Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) personnel. A three-member forensic team would assist the CB team in […]

Cuttack: A four-member Left Wing Extremism (LWE) wing of the Odisha Crime Branch would probe into the landmine blast in Sunki Ghat area in Koraput district on Thursday evening resulting in the death of eight Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) personnel. Informing this to the media today, Crime Branch Special DG BK Sharma said the […]

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: A day after the landmine blast in Sunki ghat of Koraput in which eight personnel of Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) lost their lives, Home department Special Secretary Lalit Das today said IG Operations RP Koche and Intelligence Director Sunil Roy are probing the incident for which they are at present on a visit […]

Koraput: The death toll due to landmine blast by Maoists near Mungarbhumi on Sunki ghat in Koraput district close to Andhra Pradesh border increased to 8 after body of another Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) personnel was found today. According to sources, Body of OSAP official Tulasiram Majhi, who had gone missing after the blast, […]

A man was killed in a landmine blast in Pottangi area in Koraput district on Sunday morning

Mortal remains of two BSF jawans, who lost their lives in a landmine explosion during combing operation in Kaliajhula forest of Koraput district, were consigned to flames at their hometowns with full-state honour

Jammu: A villager was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday when he accidentally stepped on a landmine near the Line of Control (LoC), police said. The deceased was identified as Imam Din of Bagyal Dara village. Landmines are planted by the army near the LoC to prevent infiltration, but defence experts say […]

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Two women Maoists, including a senior cadre carrying a reward of Rs 16 lakh on her head, were shot dead in a gunfight with security forces here on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The two have been identified as Divisional Committee member and Gatta Dalam commander Ramco alias Kamala Manku Narote, 45, the wife […]