Earlier within the day, an encounter broke out between safety forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday.
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More than 26 Naxals, together with a high Maoist chief, had been killed in an encounter with safety forces alongside the Narayanpur-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. The improvement comes after an encounter broke out between safety forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday, a police official mentioned. In a significant success for Indian safety forces, Basavaraju, the General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist) and one of many nation’s most needed insurgents, was additionally killed within the encounter, as per the federal government sources. Basavaraju, a top-ranking Maoist chief and the mind behind a number of lethal assaults on safety personnel and civilians, had a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head, they added.
Naxalites opened fireplace when groups of District Reserve Guards of police from 4 districts had been out on an operation within the Abhujmad space following intelligence inputs concerning the presence of senior cadres of the Mad division of Maoists, he mentioned. The gunfight was nonetheless underway, and additional particulars had been awaited, the official added.
Earlier this month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned that safety forces killed 31 infamous Naxals within the Kurraguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border within the greatest ever operation in opposition to Naxalism.
In a submit on X, Shah mentioned, “Achieving a historic breakthrough in the resolve of #NaxalFreeBharat security forces killed 31 notorious naxalites in the Kurraguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border in the biggest ever operation against Naxalism.”
Congratulating the CRPF, STF and DRG troopers on the profitable completion of the operation, Home Minister Shah mentioned that the safety forces accomplished the most important anti-Naxal operation in simply 21 days.
“The hill on which the red terror once reigned, today the tricolour is flying proudly. Kurraguttalu hill was the unified headquarters of big Naxal organisations like PLGA Battalion 1, DKSZC, TSC & CRC, where along with Naxal training, strategies and weapons were also developed. Our security forces completed this biggest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days and I am extremely happy that there was not a single casualty in the security forces in this operation. I congratulate our CRPF, STF and DRG soldiers who faced the Naxalites with their bravery and courage even in bad weather and inaccessible mountainous area. The whole country is proud of you,” Home Minister Shah mentioned.
The Home Minister reaffirmed the central authorities’s stance on Naxalism, saying that India will probably be Naxal-free by March 31, 2026.
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, we are determined to root out Naxalism. I once again assure the countrymen that India is sure to be Naxal-free by 31 March 2026,” he mentioned.
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Gyanendra Pratap Singh, confirmed that 31 Naxals had been neutralised, with 28 recognized
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