Anti-Maoist operation enters day 5, Ultras seek peace talks with govt
Days after a massive operation against Maoists, involving about 10,000 security personnel along the
Chhattisgarh-Telangana border
was launched, a letter purportedly claiming to halt the operation and initiate talks with Maoists surfaced on Friday. The letter is said to have been issued by one the regional in-charge of the banned CPI (Maoist).
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The statement by Maoists, being circulated on social media, says that despite the possibility of solving the problem through peace talks, the government was using repression and violence. Some 500 cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist), including top leaders, are believed to be holed up in the area, and the Telangana Police is assisting in the exercise, said an official, who is monitoring the action on the ground. The operation, one of biggest counter-insurgency actions launched in the
Bastar region
, involves personnel of different units, including the District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighters and Special Task Force of the Chhattisgarh Police, CRPF and its elite Commando Battalions for Resolute Action.
On Thursday, three women Maoists were killed on Karregutta hills, and a huge cache of weapons, explosives and other materials was recovered. The operation was launched on Monday in the densely forested hills of Karregutta and Durgamgutta along the inter-state border. Parts of the area fall in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. It is believed to be the base of the PLGA (People's Liberation Guerilla Army) battalion No. 1, the strongest military formation of the Maoists, an official said.
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Intelligence inputs suggest more than 500 Naxalites belonging to PLGA battalion No 1, Telangana state committee and Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of Maoists led by senior Maoists such as Hidma and Damodar are holed up in the area, he said.
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