One Maoist was killed in an encounter with safety forces within the jungles of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district Thursday night, officers stated.
This comes as the large anti-insurgency operation continues within the state as safety forces push to satisfy the central authorities’s March 2026 deadline to “eradicate Left-Wing Extremism”.
A joint workforce of Sukma District Reserve Guard (DRG), Particular Job Power (STF) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Motion (CoBRA) — an elite pressure of Central Reserve Police Power (CRPF) – undertook the operation after receiving intelligence experiences on the presence of Maoists within the space. The encounter broke out at 6 pm underneath the Kistaram police station which is positioned in direction of the Bijapur district and Telangana state, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan stated.
That is the second encounter within the Sukma-Bijapur space Thursday. One other encounter within the space noticed the deaths of a jawan of the CoBRA Battalion 210 in addition to Maoist.
Two extra safety personnel have been injured within the encounter.
The 2 encounters got here a day after a 27 Maoists have been killed in a significant encounter within the state’s Abujhmad – an space positioned largely in Narayanpur district but in addition extends into Bijapur, Dantewada and Kanker in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar area, and Bhamragarh in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.
Among the many vital casualties in that operation was Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basava Raju, the 70-year-old chief of CPI (Maoist).
It additionally comes days after the safety forces referred to as off a significant anti-insurgency operation codenamed ‘Operation Black Forest’ on Karegutta Hills on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. Safety forces have hailed the operation as a hit, claiming that it has damaged up the Maoists dreaded Battalion 1 of its armed Individuals’s Liberation Guerrilla Military (PLGA).
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A complete of 17 jawans have been killed within the Naxal violence because the starting of this yr. The anti-insurgency push has additionally led to a complete of 202 Maoists being killed – 185 of which have been in Bastar alone.
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