Seven Naxalites, including 2 high-ranking leaders, were killed successful a large anti-Naxal cognition conducted by information forces successful Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur territory betwixt June 5 and 7, officials said connected Saturday.
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The operation, led jointly by the Special Task Force (STF), District Reserve Guard (DRG), and the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) successful the dense wood portion of the National Park area, besides resulted successful the seizure of a ample cache of arms, ammunition and connection equipment.
Inspector General, Bastar Range, P Sundarraj, said 7 bodies had been recovered by information forces during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations successful the National Park country of Bijapur district. These see the bodies of Central Committee Member Gautam, alias Sudhakar, and Bhaskar, a Telangana State Committee Member.
“It is worthy mentioning that, arsenic portion of the continued anti-Naxal operations successful the National Park country of Bijapur district, a full of 7 Naxal bodies person been recovered pursuing aggregate encounters that took spot connected June 5, 6 and 7,” helium added.
The information forces conducted aggregate encounters with Maoists successful the dense wood terrain of the National Park country implicit 3 consecutive days.
During the combing and hunt operations that followed the encounters, they recovered a ample cache of arms and ammunition, including 2 AK-47 rifles, magazines, and connection devices from the brushwood sites.
Efforts are underway to ascertain the individuality of the 5 remaining deceased Naxals.
“Search and country domination operations are inactive ongoing successful the surrounding forested terrain. A fewer of the information unit suffered injuries owed to snake bites, chromatic bee stings, dehydration and different operational injuries. They are being provided with due aesculapian attention. Right now, their information is mean and retired of danger,” added the IG.
According to authoritative data, 186 Maoists person been killed successful counter-insurgency operations crossed the Bastar Range successful 2025. Between 2024 and 2025, implicit 403 Maoists person been neutralised successful the portion pursuing sustained anti-Naxal efforts.
Commenting connected the caller success, Chhattisgarh Speaker Raman Singh referred to the deadline acceptable by Union Home Minister Amit Shah for eliminating Naxalism and said, “Union Home Minister Amit Shah has besides acceptable a deadline that Naxalism volition beryllium eliminated from India by 2026. The constabulary are besides moving with afloat unit and we volition get 100 per cent success.”
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