At least 30 Maoists were killed in two different encounters in Chhattisgarh, officials stated on Thursday. While 26 Maoists were killed in Bijapur district, 4 were gunned down in Kanker areas through a joint group of the BSF and DRG employees of the country police. A police jawan was also killed in the Bijapur encounter, they stated.
A joint group have been deployed below the Gangalur police station in the border regions of Bijapur and Dantewada districts as a part of an anti-Maoist operation. Clashes and search operations to discover more bodies in the place are still underway. Along with the our bodies of the Maoists, a huge cache of guns and ammunitions was also found at the site of the come upon.
Amit Shah reacts on Bijapur encounter
Union home minister Amit Shah reacted to the come across in a post on X and said, “Today our squaddies have finished another main success in the direction of ‘Naxal Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’. 22 Naxalites have been killed in 2 separate operations of our security forces in Bijapur and Kanker of Chhattisgarh.”
He introduced, “The Modi authorities is shifting forward with a ruthless method against Naxalites and is adopting a zero tolerance policy towards the ones Naxalites who are not surrendering no matter all the facilities starting from surrender to inclusion. The coutry is going to be Naxal-free before 31 March next year.”
On February 9, in an come across in Bijapur encounter, two safety personnel and 31 Maoists were killed in the forests under the National Park city. In February, a complete of 18 Naxalites had been arrested and explosives had been recovered via security forces at some point of the operations. More than 81 Maoists have died in 2025.