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Indian Express
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Maoist camp busted in Gadchiroli following encounter, weapons recovered
The Gadchiroli police in Maharashtra on Monday said they busted a Maoist camp and recovered two weapons, several live rounds, detonators, and other paraphernalia following an exchange of fire along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. An official said credible intelligence was received Sunday afternoon that the Bhamragad Dalam of Maoists had set up a camp near the newly opened foot overbridge in Kawande, Gadchiroli. Based on the intelligence inputs received, an operation was launched on Sunday evening with 200 C-60 commandos led by M Ramesh, Additional Superintendent of Police, Administration. C-60 is a special commando unit of the Maharashtra Police formed to deal with Maoists. On Monday morning, as they were carrying out a search of the area, Maoist formations fired indiscriminately at the commandos, which led the force to retaliate strongly, the official said. The exchange of fire with Maoists happened intermittently at three different locations over a period of two hours. Eventually, the Maoists fled and the commando team searched the post, leading to the recovery of an INSAS automatic weapon and a single-shot rifle, one magazine, several live rounds, detonators, and a large amount of Naxal literature and other paraphernalia. An official said the C-60 commandos destroyed the Maoists' camp completely, adding that they have not ruled out the chances that Maoists who got injured or killed during the forces' retaliation may have been dragged away by others. This comes right after a massive anti-insurgency operation involving 28,000 troops and the Indian Air Force (IAF) was called off in Karegutta hills on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. The operation, launched to help locate the top leadership of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), was stopped 20 days after it began. On May 8, three junior commandos of the Greyhounds, Telangana's anti-Maoist task force, were killed in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists at the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border area, top Telangana police officers said.
The Hindu
12-05-2025
- The Hindu
Weapons, explosives seized after encounter with Maoists on Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border
Police on Monday (May 12, 2025) recovered two weapons, several live rounds, detonators and other material belonging to Maoists after an exchange of fire with them in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra near the Chhattisgarh border, officials said. The exchange took place at three locations and lasted two hours, a release by the Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police (SP) office said. The police received intelligence inputs on Sunday (May 11) afternoon that the Bhamragad Dalam of Maoists set up a camp on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border near a newly-opened foot overbridge at Kawande in Gadchiroli, it said. Based on these inputs, an operation comprising approximately 200 commandos of C-60, a specialised police unit tasked with combating Maoist violence, led by Additional SP M. Ramesh was launched on Sunday evening, the release added. On Monday (May 12) morning, when the police unit was carrying out the operation, the Maoists started firing at them indiscriminately, leading to a strong retaliation by the C-60 unit. The intermittent exchange of fire with Maoists took place at three locations over a period of two hours. After the gunfight stopped, the police recovered two weapons -- one automatic INSAS rifle and one single-shot rifle -- one magazine, several live rounds, detonators, one radio, 3 'pitthus' (sacks used by Maoists), a large amount of Maoist literature and belongings, the statement said. The C-60 commandos completely destroyed the camp set up by Maoists. Chances of some Maoists getting injured/killed and being dragged away by others cannot be ruled out, the statement said.
