2 Naxals involved in BJP MLA's killing gunned down in Chattisgarh
Raipur: Two Naxals, allegedly involved in the killing of a BJP MLA and four security personnel, were gunned down in a fierce encounter with police on Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, officials said.
Another rebel was injured in the skirmish that took place around 5.30 am at a forest in Daulikarka village when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.
When the patrolling team was advancing through Daulikarka, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, he said.
"After the guns fell silent, bodies of two ultras and a .315 bore gun were recovered from the spot," he said.
A militia member of Maoists was also found injured at the spot and was shifted to a local hospital, he said.
The killed cadres, identified as Vargese and Linga, were allegedly involved in the ambush in which Mandavi and his four security personnel were killed on April 9, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
The MLA's convoy was heading towards Kuwakonda from Bacheli area when the Naxalites blew up their vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and opened fire at the occupants.
Vargese, a member of the Malangir Area Committee of Maoists, was looking after working of the banned outfit's students' wing in the area, the DIG said.
He was also said to be having an expertise in assembling and planting IEDs, he said.
Besides, Linga was active as LOS (local organisation squad) member in the Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists, he said, adding a search operation was still underway in the region.
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CM Stalin tenders resignation: DMK sources
Chennai (PTI): DMK President M K Stalin on Tuesday resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, party sources said.
The resignation letter has been forwarded to the office of the state Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the sources added. DMK was defeated in the April 23 Assembly polls by Vijay-led TVK.
DMK has won 59 seats in the 234-member strong TN Assembly and has emerged as the principal opposition party.
The AIADMK won 47 seats.
TVK has won 108 seats and it is the single largest party.
Stalin has said that the DMK would function as a robust opposition party.
