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Naxalites wear helmets during encounters. They use it as a code.

During an encounter with the force in Chhattisgarh, the Naxalites don bicycle helmets and open fire. Not every Naxalite does this, but only those Naxalites in a squad or battalion who use sniper rifles, LMGs, or those who shoot UBGL. Besides, only the Naxalite wears the most dangerous weapon and the one who wields it wears a helmet.

Naxalites use bicycle helmets as a symbolic gesture among themselves.