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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Chhattisgarh: Five more Maoists killed in op in which top guns Sudhakar & Bhaskar were eliminated
1 2 RAIPUR: Seven Maoists – including central committee member Sudhakar and another top commander, Bhaskar – have been killed in an operation that is on Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, Bastar police said on Saturday. Sudhakar, the ideological chief of Maoists, was gunned down on Thursday and Bhaskar, a Telangana State Committee Member, on Friday. Skirmishes continued all night and on Saturday, the bodies of five more cadres were found. Two of them are women. Police are trying to identify them. Other high-level Maoist operatives, including Telangana State Committee's press in-charge Bandi Prakash, have been spotted in the encounter zone. With this operation, sources say, security forces have foiled a crucial Maoist attempt to coordinate their activities in the region following the encounter killing of CPI(Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju. Security forces have been battling not only insurgents' bullets and treacherous hilly terrain, but also snakes and other threats in the wild as the operation continues deep inside the jungles. Bastar range IG P Sundarraj announced the elimination of 7 Maoists and said that a large cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK-47 rifles, has been seized from the encounter zones. 'Search operations and area domination exercises continue in the dense forest terrain to flush out any remaining insurgents and ensure complete control of the region,' Sundarraj said. 'A few personnel sustained snake bites and bee stings and suffered severe dehydration but the forces kept up the momentum. All injured personnel are currently in stable condition and receiving medical care,' Sundarraj said. High-intensity encounters were spread across three consecutive days — June 5-7 — as part of a meticulously coordinated counter-insurgency mission in the Maoist stronghold. The encounter in which Bashar was killed was the most fierce, said police sources. On Thursday, Sundarraj had said that the operation was launched after precise inputs on the location of some top Maoist commanders. District Reserve Guards, Special Task Force and CRPF's CoBRA commandos moved out to intercept the group on Wednesday night. They went on foot to maintain stealth and took the Maoists completely by surprise the next morning. As the insurgents scattered, the forces also spread out and running gunbattles broke out across a large swathe of the jungle. The operation, still underway, is one of the most significant missions in the red corridor in recent years, said an officer, adding that they are hopeful of more success. Sudhakar, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was in charge of the Maoists' Revolutionary Political School and was in the insurgent outfit for nearly four decades. He was the third central committee member to be killed in Bastar this year after Jai Ram alias Chalpathy on Jan 21 and Basavaraju on May 21.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
CG has put last nail in coffin of Maoism: CM Sai on Abujhmarh encounter
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday said that the state govt has put the last nail in the coffin of Maoism with the killing of top Maoist leader Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju by security forces in Abujhmarh encounter. Basavaraju was the top most Maoist serving as the general secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) and a political bureau member. He was among 27 Maoists gunned down by District Reserve Guards in the forest along the border of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts on Wednesday. Briefing the press on Thursday in state capital, CM Sai said, Basavaraju carried a collective reward of Rs 3 crore on his head which included Rs 1 crore bounty declared by Chhattisgarh govt, Rs 1 crore by Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Rs 50 lakh declared by National Investigation Agency, Rs 25 lakh each by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha governments, CM said. Basavaraju alias Gaganna who was considered as the backbone of the outlawed Maoist movement, and served as number one among the Maoists, he said. Sai added, With Basavaraju's elimination, we have succeeded in breaking the backbone of Maoists. The credit for the success goes to the valour and courage of our brave security and talks cannot go together. Naxalism has destroyed the lives of innocent tribal people and today every person of Bastar wants development. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Our government's policy has been to answer bullets with bullets and talks with talks, CM added. CM informed that the security forces have neutralized more than 400 Maoists and arrested 1422 Maoists in the last one and a half years. Pointing out that the number of surrenders is more than those arrested in the year 2025, deputy CM Vijay Sharma who also represents Home department said, People in Bastar have been almost kept in captivity and Maoists kill the innocent tribals, and there are many examples like Manikonta and Errabore incidents.
Mint
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
At least 26 Naxalites killed in a deadly encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh
More than 26 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday. A police aide was also killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said. "More than 26 Naxalites, some of them probably top cadres, were killed. One supporter of the police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the action," said Sharma, who holds the home portfolio. Combing operations are still underway, said deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma. The encounter took place in dense forests between Abhujmad and Indravati national park area. Naxalites opened fire when teams of District Reserve Guards of police from four districts were out on an operation in Abhujmad area following intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres of the Mad division of Maoists, police said. Meanwhile, Police in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Tuesday arrested three women Naxalites and detained two minors who collectively carried a reward of ₹ 36 lakh on their heads, officials said. The district police had received intelligence about 50 to 60 Naxalites gathering in Binagunda Mauza in Bhamragadh area with a plan to attack police personnel, said a release issued by Superintendent of Police Neelotpal. Seven squads of C-60 commandos -- a special anti-Naxalite unit of the district police -- and a squad of CRPF battalion no 37 were sent to the area on Sunday. The C-60 commandos cordoned off Binagunda village on Monday and detained five Naxalites with weapons, it said. Of the three arrested women, Ungi Hoyam (27), a divisional committee member in `platoon 32' of the Maoists, was carrying a reward of ₹ 16 lakh on her head. Pallavi Midayam (19), working as `platoon party committee member' was carrying a reward ₹ 8 lakh on her head, while Deve Podiyam (19) was carrying a reward of ₹ 4 lakh. All three hail from Chhattisgarh. The other two Naxalites -- a male and a female -- are suspected to be minors and carried a collective reward of ₹ 8 lakh.
India.com
21-05-2025
- Politics
- India.com
Chhattisgarh: More than 26 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Narayanpur
Chhattisgarh: More than 26 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Narayanpur An encounter broke out between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Wednesday, a police official said. More than 26 Naxalites have been killed, reports said. Naxalites opened fire when teams of District Reserve Guards of police from four districts were out on an operation in Abhujmad area following intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres of the Mad division of Maoists, he said. The gunfight was still underway and further details were awaited, the official added. More details awaited
News18
21-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
26 Naxals Killed In Chhattisgarh Encounter, Top Leader Likely Eliminated
Last Updated: Last week, 31 Naxalites were killed in the biggest-ever operation on the Karreguttalu Hill (KGH) at the Chhattisgarh-Telangana At least 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Maad region of Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, officials confirmed on Wednesday. Several senior Naxal cadres including a top Naxal leader are suspected to have been eliminated in the operation which has been ongoing for more than 50 hours. A joint operation was launched in the Abujhmad area based on intelligence about a senior Maoist cadre from the Maad Division. District Reserve Guards (DRG) teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Kondagaon have been engaged in an ongoing encounter. Last week, 31 Naxalites were killed in the biggest-ever operation on the Karreguttalu Hill (KGH) at the Chhattisgarh-Telangana. The Chhattisgarh Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) recovered the bodies of 31 uniformed Naxalites, including 16 female Naxalites in uniform, and 35 weapons after 21 encounters that took place over 21 days on the Karreguttalu Hill (KGH), which was considered an impregnable stronghold of Naxalites on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border. The anti-Naxal operation, which took place from April 21, 2025, to May 11, 2025, indicates that the bodies recovered from the encounter site might belong to cadres of the banned, illegal, and most powerful armed Naxal organization, the PLGA Battalion, CRC Company, and the Telangana State Committee.
