{"id":192837,"date":"2026-01-18T19:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=192837"},"modified":"2026-01-18T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:36:10","slug":"indian-forces-kill-four-persons-including-woman-in-chhattisgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/18\/indian-forces-kill-four-persons-including-woman-in-chhattisgarh.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian forces kill four persons including woman in Chhattisgarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192838\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-18-at-7.35.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-18-at-7.35.51-PM.png 495w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-18-at-7.35.51-PM-390x197.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/>Bijapur: Indian forces&#8217; personnel killed four persons, including a woman, during a cordon and search operation in the Bijapur district of the disturbed state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the joint team of Indian forces, including CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) &#8212; an elite unit of Central Reserve Police Force, Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard, during an anti-Naxalite operation killed the four, including senior Adivasi activist Dilip Vedja and a woman, in Bijapur district of state\u201d Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav said.<\/p>\n<p>Civil society groups and political leaders have strongly condemned the killings, describing them as \u201cfake encounters\u201d carried out by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Indian government against members of the Communist Party of IndiaI-Maoist organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Indian forces, during a cordon and search operation, have arrested two members of People\u2019s Liberation Army in their residence at Ningthoukhong Kha Khunou in Bishnupur district of in violence hit Manipur while another one liberation . member of the PREPAK (Pro) was arrested in Chairel Ahallup area of the state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bijapur: Indian forces&#8217; personnel killed four persons, including a woman, during a cordon and search operation in the Bijapur district of the disturbed state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday. 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