In a significant breakthrough for anti-insurgency operations, four active Maoist cadres, including three women, surrendered before Southern Range Inspector General (IG) Niti Shekhar at the Police Reserve Office in Berhampur on Friday. Earlier, Odisha DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, on the su
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Thursday demolished a memorial of Ravula Srinivas alias Ramanna, who was a central committee member of the Maoists, in Gogunda village of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
Operation Meghaburu was launched on Thursday by 209 CoBRA, Chaibasa district police, and Jharkhand Jaguar in the Saranda forest. During an intense gunfight, Patiram Majhi alias Anal da, who carried a reward of 1 crore on his head in Jharkhand, was killed alongwith 14 other Maoists.
Nine Maoists carrying a total bounty of ₹47 lakh surrendered in Chhattisgarh along with a cache of weapons and equipment, Odisha Police said on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Congress party, saying it lacks a developmental agenda and has taken positions more extreme than the Maoists and more communal than the Muslim League, leading it to be called the "Muslim League Maoist Congress" in the country.
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, CM Vishnu Deo Sai said, "Jagargunda was famous for its tamarind market, and the bank there was blown up by Naxalites. Now, a bank has been re-established there. Earlier, people had to travel 60-70 km to Bijapur, Sukma, or Dantewada for banking facilities. Now
Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Yadav said that a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), CoBRA and the Special Task Force (STF) carried out a search operation in the northwestern region after receiving intelligence inputs regarding the presence of the Maoist National P
An encounter broke out between security forces and Maoist cadres after the former launched a search operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday morning.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to one Kailash Ramchandani, who is accused of being instrumental in supplying wires and other explosive apparatus to Maoists from his small shop in the 2019 Gadhchiroli Bomb Blast, which killed 15 police personnel and a civilian.
Speaking to the media, the Bastar IG said sustained intelligence-based operations, coordinated action by multiple security agencies, and focused area domination had significantly weakened Maoist networks across the Bastar division. He added that surrendered cadres are being rehabilitated
operation was launched based on specific intelligence indicating the presence of Maoists in the southern regions of the Bijapur and Sukma districts. During the operation, security forces engaged in multiple encounters with Maoists in the area.