The Chief Minister also paid floral tributes by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti to soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the peace and security of the state. Additionally, CM Yadav remotely inaugurated 32 police stations and other government offices in Balaghat district that hav
According to Inspector General of Police, Bastar range, P Sundarraj, the bodies of the two Naxals have been recovered. Security forces also seized an AK-47 rifle, a 9mm pistol, and other materials from the site.
Security forces on Friday recovered one more body of a naxal as the encounter, which erupted on Thursday in the area of Saranda Forests, Chaibasa, entered its second day, police said.
Taking to X, Amit Shah said, "Today, in West Singhbhum, the ongoing joint operation by CRPF and Jharkhand Police has achieved a major success in the campaign to make the region free of Naxals through encounters, with the neutralization of the notorious bounty-wanted Naxal Central Committe
Meanwhile, in Andhra Pradesh, an exchange of gunfire occurred between the police and Maoists in Maredumilli, located in the Alluri Sitarama Raju district.
CM Sai stated that under his tenure, the Central Security Forces and Chhattisgarh Police have been fighting bravely against Naxalism. He also commended the bravery of the forces which were involved in the Naxalite encounter in Gariaband on Thursday.
The operation was carried out jointly by the district police and the COBRA battalion following specific intelligence about the movement of senior CPI (Maoist) leaders in the region.
Michaelraj S, spokesperson of the Jharkhand Police and IG Operations, said, "A hardcore naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces comprising the district police and COBRA battalion in Chaibasa. Weapons, including an SLR rifle, have been recovered. Operation is underway."
The body of a naxal and arms and ammunition were recovered in the Western Division area of District Bijapur during an encounter by security forces, a top police official said.
Security forces neutralised two Naxals in an encounter on Wednesday in the forest area under Kukanar Police Station area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.