Naxalites were preparing for a major attack amid the assembly elections but the security forces have destroyed this planning. Naxalites had planted some IEDs on the bridge built on the Paralakota river connecting Bhamragad and Tadgaon in Gadchiroli. After getting the information, a team of BDDS was sent by helicopter from Gadchiroli. After this, a joint team of Gadchiroli police, CRPF and BSF searched the area. The teams found two IEDs.
When the teams were preparing to defuse it, an IED exploded. The BDDS team present on the spot destroyed one IED. No security personnel was injured in the explosion. Due to the vigilance of Gadchiroli police, the attempt by the Maoists to disrupt the assembly elections has been foiled.
Last month, 5 Naxalites were killed in Gadchiroli
Last month, five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Gadchiroli district. This encounter took place in the forest of Bhamragad taluka. The encounter took place between the commandos of the C-60 special combat unit of Gadchiroli police and the Naxalites. It is being told that in view of the assembly elections, a group of Naxalites had gathered here and was planning an attack. At the same time, today five Naxalites have been killed in an encounter in the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh. This encounter took place in Bastar in which two security personnel were also injured. The incident took place in the Abujhmad forest on the Kanker-Narayanpur border of Bastar district.
Apart from the police, the election commission team is ready to conduct the assembly elections in maharashtra peacefully. Along with this, the traffic police is also searching vehicles on the basis of suspicion. Voting will be held in maharashtra after four days i.e. on november 20. Now very few days are left for the elections.