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Time of India
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Five more Maoists killed in op in which top guns Sudhakar & Bhaskar were eliminated
Raipur: Seven Maoists – including central committee member Sudhakar and another top commander, Bhaskar – have been killed in an operation that is on in 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. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo "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. 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
20 hours 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.
Hans India
20 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Chhattisgarh: Seven Maoists killed in Indravati National Park operation
Raipur: Five Maoists were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police officials said on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hailed the success and expressed his wish to meet the brave soldiers who are engaged in anti-Maoist mission. With the latest casualties, seven Maoists, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the last three days, they said. "Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Maoists during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area of the district," a police officer said. Security forces have intensified their anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, leading to the elimination of seven Maoist cadres over the past three days. Among those killed are Central Committee Member Gautam, also known as Sudhakar, and Telangana State Committee Member Bhaskar. The encounters, which unfolded between June 5 and June 7, resulted in multiple casualties among insurgents. The first confrontation on June 5 led to the death of Sudhakar, a senior Maoist leader who had established Maoist education centres in the Dandakaranya region. His body was recovered following an intense exchange of fire. The following day, security forces neutralised Bhaskar, a commander associated with the Telangana State Committee. His elimination marked another significant blow to the insurgent network. As operations continued into the intervening night of June 6 and 7, three more Maoist's bodies were found, including two women and one man. Later, on June 7 (Saturday), two additional male Maoist cadres were killed in another encounter. The identities of these five insurgents remain unknown, and efforts are underway to confirm their details. Security personnel recovered a substantial cache of arms and ammunition from the encounter sites, including two AK-47 rifles and various Maoist documents. The operation has been physically demanding, with several soldiers sustaining injuries due to snake bites, honeybee stings, dehydration, and other operational hazards. Medical teams have ensured their treatment, and all injured personnel are reported to be in stable condition. Search and area domination efforts continue in the dense forest terrain to track any remaining Maoist operatives and secure the region. Officials have stated that a comprehensive report on the recovered weapons and materials will be released once all field inputs have been consolidated. The ongoing crackdown against Maoist insurgents in Bijapur underscores the government's commitment to dismantling their presence and restoring stability to the region. Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma acknowledged the success of the operation, confirming that the bodies of seven insurgents, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, have been recovered.
India Today
a day ago
- India Today
Bodies of Naxal commanders killed in recent Chhattisgarh encounters recovered
Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Naxals eliminiated during the ongoing anti-Naxal crackdown in the National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district in separate operations carried out over the last three days, officials said on bodies were recovered by the security forces after anti-Naxal encounters that took place in the National Park area on Thursday, Friday and today. Among the Naxal commanders whose bodies were recovered, were Central Committee Member Gautam alias Sudhakar and Telangana State Committee Member June 5, security forces took custody of the mortal remains of Maoists' Central Committee Member (CCM) Gautam alias Sudhakar, while the body of Telangana State Committee (TSC) Member Bhaskar was recovered the next day, on June 6. Later, during encounters in the intervening nights of June 6 and 7, three more bodies were recovered. On Saturday, two more Maoist bodies were recovered following an exchange of fire between security forces and the Naxalites. One of them was Bhaskar, who had a total bounty of Rs 45 lakh on him. This includes a bounty of Rs 25 lakh in Chhattisgarh and Rs 20 lakhs in the seven Maoist bodies recovered so far, five - including two women and three men - remain unidentified, officials said, adding that efforts are underway to establish their forces also recovered a significant cache of arms and ammunition during the three-day anti-Maoist operation, which included at least two AK-47 assault rifles seized from the encounter extensive search and area domination exercises continue across the dense forested terrain to track down any surviving Maoist operatives believed to be hiding in the vicinity. Officials said these operations aim to ensure full sanitisation and secure control of the security personnel reportedly sustained operational injuries, including snake bites, honeybee stings, and dehydration, while navigating the challenging jungle terrain. All injured personnel are receiving medical care and are currently in stable condition.A comprehensive update regarding the recoveries of weapons and other materials will be shared as soon as consolidated inputs are received from the ground forces, they ON NAXALISMSecurity forces have launched a massive crackdown against Maoists in the affected areas of central Indian states, including Chhattisgarh, and have succeeded in eliminating top Naxal commanders in recent Thursday, Sudhakar, a top Naxal leader carrying a bounty of Rs 40 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in encounter came close on the heels of the killing of Nambala Keshav Rao, also known as Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter in May. He was among 30 Naxals neutralised in a joint operation led by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in the dense Abujhmad forests - a Naxal Lohara, the head of a Naxal outfit Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad and a wanted militant carrying a bounty of Rs 10 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in the state's Latehar district last senior leader of the group, Prabhat Ganjhu, who had a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, was also gunned down during the exchange of weeks ago, 24 Naxals surrendered before authorities in Bijapur and another 33 Naxalites, 24 of whom carried a combined bounty of Rs 91 lakh, surrendered before security forces in the state's Bastar region, according to massive crackdown comes as Union Home Minister Amit Shah set a deadline of March 31, 2026, to eliminate Naxalism from the inputs by JitenderMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Chhattisgarh#Jharkhand
The Hindu
a day ago
- The Hindu
Five Maoists gunned down in encounters in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district
Five Maoists were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday (June 7, 2025). With the latest casualties, seven Maoists, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the last three days, they said. 'Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Maoists during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area of the district,' a senior police official said. On Saturday (June 7, 2025), two bodies were recovered following a gunfight, while three were found after the exchange of fire on the intervening night of Friday (June 6, 2025) and Saturday (June 7, 2025), he said. The official said the operation involving personnel from the state police's Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) as well as the CRPF's specialised unit CoBRA, was launched on June 4 based on input about the presence of Maoist leader Sudhakar, Telangana State Committee member Bandi Prakash, Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) member Pappa Rao, and a few other armed cadres. On Friday (June 6, 2025), security forces neutralised Bhaskar, alias Mailarapu Adellu, a special zonal committee (SZC) member of the Telangana State Committee (TSC) of Maoists who carried a reward of Rs 45 lakh in Chhattisgarh and Telangana, and Maoists' central committee member Narasimha Chalam, alias Sudhakar, who had a bounty of Rs 40 lakh in Chhattisgarh, was killed on Thursday (June 5, 2025), he said. The official said the identity of five more killed Maoists, two of them women, is yet to be ascertained. A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including two AK-47 rifles, has been seized in the operation, he said, adding that search and area domination operations were underway in the surrounding forested terrain to track remaining Maoist cadres and ensure complete sanitisation of the region. A few security personnel have suffered injuries due to snakebite, honeybee sting, dehydration and other operational injuries during the operation and were provided medication, the official said. The outlawed CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju (70), was neutralised in the Bastar region on May 21, 2025.
