One Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, said the officials. According to the media reports, the encounter took place early in the morning in the jungles on a hill near Tumalpad village under Chintagufa police station limits when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation. Sukma police said, ‘One Maoist dead and a weapon and a huge cache of Maoist-related material were recovered from the spot’.
Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and Bastar Fighters-both units of the state police and district force were involved in the operation, they added. The identity of the deceased Maoist is yet to be ascertained and a search operation is still underway in the area.
Moreover, four battalions of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) comprising 4000 CRPF personnel are set to be deployed in Bastar for anti-insurgency operations.
On August 24, during an inter-state coordination meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring states suffering from a left-wing extremism in the area. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that there was a 70% reduction in the deaths of security personnel who were killed due to Maoist and that the fight has reached the end phase and by March 2026, the country will be completely free from Maoist.
Shah said, ‘In the first 10 years, 6617 security personnel were killed and now there has been a 70% reduction. He further added, ‘We have witnessed a 69% reduction in the deaths of citizens. I believe that our fight as reached the end phase and by March 2026, we will be able to free the country completely from Maoist’.
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