An encounter took place between Special Task Force (STF) jawans and Naxals in the forest area near Orchha police station in Chhattisgarh. STF personnel remained safe as the Naxals fled the scene. Voting is proceeding as planned despite viral misinformation about Naxals surrounding polling booths. Naxals fired at DRG personnel during Chhattisgarh polls, but security forces retaliated and voting is ongoing. A CRPF jawan was injured in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Sukma district
Naxals want to spread fear psychosis by killing villagers for whom they claim to fight. During the 2018 Chhattisgarh elections, 79 villagers were abducted, then shot and hacked to death by Naxals, reveals a report by Chhattisgarh anti-Naxal operation force, accessed by News 18
CM Bhupesh Baghel said, "I express my condolences to the family members. Due to the pressure from our force, the Naxals have moved back. People can now fearlessly travel to interior parts. Some small incidents have been happening but the situation has improved a lot compared to before."
In pamphlets thrown at the spot, Maoists claimed that the three were acting as informers for C-60, an elite anti-Naxal unit of the Maharashtra police, it said
Retemparra, on the Sukma-Dantewada border, was frequented till very recently by CPI (Maoist) members who would come to ask for food and shelter. This is perhaps why government officials gave electrification in the village a miss