Bijapur district

22 Maoists gunned down, jawan killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar and Kanker districts | Raipur News

by

RAIPUR: At least 22 Maoists were killed in separate encounters in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, while a security personnel was also killed in the firing.Eighteen Maoists were gunned down in insurgency-hit Bijapur and sources said that the toll might reach to 20. The jawan killed was a District … Read more

Bastar journalist killed, cops suspect death linked to ‘road scam’ report

by

RAIPUR: A well-known Bastar journalist, Mukesh Chandrakar, 33, who went missing on New Year’s Day, was found murdered and dumped in a septic tank on the premises of a road contractor in insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Friday.Journalists have called a total shutdown in Bijapur to protest against the murder.Mukesh, who worked as a contributor to … Read more