Chhattisgarh: Over 26 Naxalites Killed In Main Encounter Alongside Narayanpur-Bijapur Border | India Information

In one of many bloodiest anti-Maoist operations in recent times, 26 Maoists have been reported lifeless in a fierce firefight with safety personnel within the dense Abujhmad space, masking Narayanpur and bordering districts of Chhattisgarh. The operation, which was launched greater than 50 hours in the past, was confirmed by state Dwelling Minister Vijay Sharma.

Raipur, Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai says, “A Naxal operation has been underway since yesterday, wherein our DRG personnel are actively concerned. The operation continues to be ongoing, and the precise particulars will likely be shared as soon as it’s accomplished. We salute the braveness of our courageous… pic.twitter.com/8yf7cWm1E7

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Prime Maoist cadres among the many lifeless are estimated. The operation, commanded by the Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Kondagaon district-based District Reserve Guard (DRG), was performed after exact intelligence inputs {that a} prime Maoist commander was hiding within the forested areas of Abujhmad.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai accepted the operation on Tuesday and mentioned, “A Naxal operation has been underway since yesterday, wherein our DRG personnel are actively concerned. The operation continues to be ongoing, and the precise particulars will likely be shared as soon as it’s accomplished. We salute the braveness of our courageous jawans.”

Huge Terrain, Excessive Stakes

Abujhmad, a densely forested and all however unsurveyed space—larger than Goa—continues to be considered one of India’s most inaccessible and Maoist-dominated areas. Though nearly all of it’s underneath Narayanpur, elements of it stretch into the Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, and Gadchiroli districts of Maharashtra.

The area has traditionally been a most popular hideout and citadel of Maoist command facilities, and that has made the safety forces’ job within the space extraordinarily powerful.

Latest Offensive Builds Momentum

This new assault is only a month after a large-scale operation code-named ‘Black Forest’ was launched alongside the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border within the Kareguttalu hills. That operation, launched on April 21 and persevering with for 21 days, noticed 31 Maoists killed, together with some prime leaders of the Individuals’s Liberation Guerrilla Military (PLGA)’s Battalion 1.

Safety troops had earlier confirmed that prime Maoist leaders, corresponding to Hidma Madvi, considered one of India’s most needed rebel leaders, had been current. Among the many lifeless within the April shootout was a 16-year-old, prompting new considerations about little one recruitment by the rebels.

As of Tuesday, search and sanitisation operations are ongoing in Abujhmad, with senior officers maintaining a detailed watch on the state of affairs. Recent updates are anticipated from the bottom.