Six Naxalites had been killed in an encounter with safety personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday, police stated.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai lauded the operation, describing it as one other step in the direction of eradication of the Maoist menace.
The gunfight broke out at round 10 am within the Indravati Nationwide Park space when a joint crew of safety personnel was out on anti-Naxalite operation primarily based on inputs in regards to the presence of senior Maoist cadres within the area, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav stated.
Personnel belonging to police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Bijapur and Dantewada districts and Particular Activity Power (STF) had been concerned within the operation, he stated.
Intermittent trade of fireside continued for a number of hours, the SP stated, including that in the course of the search of the encounter web site, the our bodies of six Maoists with automated weapons, together with an INSAS rifle, sten weapons, a .303 rifle and explosives, had been discovered, the official stated.
Extra groups of DRG, STF, Bastar Fighters, Central Reserve Police Power (CRPF) and Chhattisgarh Armed Power (CAF) had been rushed to cordon off the realm and nab fleeing Maoist cadres, he added.
The operation was nonetheless underway, stated SP Yadav.
In a put up on X, CM Sai stated, “The marketing campaign in opposition to the Maoist insurgency continues, and Naxalism is coming to an finish. Right this moment, throughout an ongoing encounter between a joint crew of DRG and STF of Chhattisgarh police, and Naxalites in Bijapur, six Naxalites have been neutralized thus far.
“This can be a main success for the safety forces within the path of fully eradicating the Maoist menace, and I salute their braveness. It’s the resolve of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah ji to finish Naxalism from the nation and the state by March 31, 2026. We’re attaining success in fulfilling this resolve,” he added.
In the meantime, in a separate operation, an injured Naxalite was apprehended following an encounter between safety forces and Maoists within the forest of Annaram village in Tarlaguda space of Bijapur, police stated.
The injured Maoist was subsequently hospitalised, they stated.
With the newest motion, 259 Naxalites have been killed in encounters in Chhattisgarh thus far this 12 months. Of them, 230 had been eradicated within the Bastar division, comprising seven districts together with Bijapur, whereas 27 others had been gunned down in Gariaband district which falls in Raipur division. Two Naxalites had been killed in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district in Durg division.
On September 22, two senior Naxalites, Raju Dada alias Katta Ramachandra Reddy (63) and Kosa Dada alias Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy (67), each Central Committee members of the outlawed Communist Celebration of India (Maoist), had been killed in an encounter within the state’s Narayanpur district.
