The fierce firefight that broke out on Tuesday ended on Wednesday, the security forces informed through an official release, adding that the toll on the Naxal side could mount further as many more are believed to be injured and are still not accounted for.
Ten Naxals including a woman Naxalite were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Bastar IG, P Sundarraj said on Tuesday.
Four Naxals were gunned down and some weapons were recovered from their possession during an encounter that broke out between the Leftwing outlaws and security forces in the Bijapur district on Tuesday.
Officials said the operation indicates a significant blow to the Naxal insurgency in the region as security forces intensify efforts to combat the threat posed by the extremist group.
Two Naxals were killed following an exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Saturday morning, a top police official said.
More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year following government's surrender and rehabilitation policy under which they are given all kinds of facilities including financial assistance claimed Bastar Range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P.
The Naxal Commander was identified as Deva alias Tirri Madkam and his body was recovered with weapons next to him in the forest under Kuakonda police station limits on Tuesday.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], January 18 (ANI): Five Naxals were gunned down by security forces in two different encounters on the border area of Telangana and Chhattisgarh and other on the Sukma-Dantewada border respectively, informed P Sundarraj, IG Bastar (Chhattisgarh) on Tuesday.
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 24 (ANI): Top Naxal leader and Telangana State Committee Secretary, Yapa Narayana, more famous with his name Haribhushan reportedly died of COVID-19 in South Bijapur-Sukma interdistrict border region on Monday night.
Bastar (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 20 (ANI): More than 8,000 square kilometres area of Bastar, one of the worst Naxal-hit region in the country, has now been freed from the clutches of CPI Maoists in recent years, said Inspector General of Bastar P Sundarraj on Tuesday.