'Mystery doctor' of Dandakaranya: A shadowy figure with scalpel who’s been aiding Maoists | India News

‘Mystery doctor’ of Dandakaranya: A shadowy figure with scalpel who’s been aiding Maoists | India News

HYDERABAD: By torchlight in deep forest camps, a shadow surgeon once cut close to a beating Maoist heart, fingers steady as a bullet lay lodged centimetres away. For years, the man they called Dr Rafiq worked unseen. Little about him surfaced beyond intelligence files.Now, through surrendered Maoists and security officials, a detailed portrait is emerging…

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12 Reds, 3 cops dead as forces push deeper into Bastar; 268 Maoists killed so far in 2025 | India News

12 Reds, 3 cops dead as forces push deeper into Bastar; 268 Maoists killed so far in 2025 | India News

RAIPUR: A daylong gunfight on the Dantewada-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region left at least 12 Maoists and three District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel dead Wednesday, marking one of the year’s heaviest losses for the outlawed group as security forces pressed deeper into the insurgency’s crumbling stronghold,Another DRG constable was wounded but was said to…

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