CURATED BY – GANESH VAISHNAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Narayanpur / Dantewada, on 10 December 2024, on receiving intelligence about the presence of Maoists in the border area of ​​​​South Abujhmad area of ​​​​District Narayanpur, a joint party of DRG Narayanpur, Dantewada, Jagdalpur, Kondagaon, CRPF and STF went on a search operation.

During the search, there was a continuous encounter between the joint police party of DRG, STF and CRPF and the Maoists from 3 am on 12.12.2024.

So far, the bodies of a total of 07 uniformed Naxalites including two female Maoists have been recovered in the search. All are likely to be Maoists of Indravati area. Identification is pending.

A large quantity of daily use items along with weapons were also recovered from the possession of the Naxalites.

All the soldiers are safe in the encounter. Search operation continues.

Detailed information will be released separately after the completion of the operation.

Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Shri Sundarraj P. informed that as a result of working with better coordination and strategy by the local police force and the central paramilitary force in the past days with the aim of taking effective action against the banned and illegal CPI Maoist organization, in the last one year (13 December 2023 to 12 December 2024), a total of 217 Maoist bodies have been recovered so far during various encounters under Bastar division.

Similarly, in Abujhmad alone, where the area of ​​​​Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kanker districts falls, more than 130 Naxalites have been killed in 1 year. In Narayanpur district alone, 56 Naxalites have been killed in the last 1 year. These figures reflect the attacks and successes of security forces against Naxalites in Abujhmad.