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108 Naxalites With Rs 3.95 Cr Bounty Surrender In Chhattisgarh; Rs 3.6 Cr Cash, 1 Kg Gold Seized | India News

108 Naxalites With Rs 3.95 Cr Bounty Surrender In Chhattisgarh; Rs 3.6 Cr Cash, 1 Kg Gold Seized | India News

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Last Updated:March 12, 2026, 12:45 IST Along with weapons, Rs 3.61 crore in cash, and 1 kg of gold valued at approximately Rs 1.64 crore were recovered from Maoist hideouts. Rs 3.61 crore in cash and one kg of gold valued at about Rs 1.64 crore were recovered from Maoist dumps. (Photo: X) In a major development, 108 Maoists, who collectively carried a reward of Rs 3.95 crore, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Wednesday, according to officials. A substantial cache of weapons, Rs 3.61 crore in cash, and 1 kg of gold valued at approximately Rs 1.64 crore were recovered from Maoist hideouts. This marks the largest seizure of cash and valuables from a single location in the history of India’s anti-Naxal operations, Inspector General of Police for the Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, informed PTI. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set a target to eradicate Naxalism from the country by March 31, 2026. Among those who surrendered, six were divisional committee members with bounties of Rs 8 lakh each, officials confirmed. The cadres, …

New security camp set up in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur to curb Naxal menace, boost development| India News

New security camp set up in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur to curb Naxal menace, boost development| India News

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Bijapur , A new security camp has been established at a strategically important location in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district to address the security vacuum and curb the inter-state movement of Maoists, police said on Tuesday. New security camp set up in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur to curb Naxal menace, boost development The camp will be the forward operating base of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force 20th battalion and will also accelerate development works in remote areas, a police official said. Joint teams of the District Reserve Guard , district police, and the CAF completed the establishment of the camp at Palsegundi village under the Farsegarh police station limits on Monday, he said. The camp has been established under the state government’s ‘Niyad Nella Nar’ scheme aimed at intensifying anti-Naxal operations and promoting development in interior regions. Despite difficult terrain, lack of road connectivity and harsh weather conditions, security forces successfully completed the operation, the official said. The new camp will facilitate the delivery of basic amenities such as healthcare, education, electricity, drinking water, public distribution system , mobile connectivity, …

Anti-Naxal strategy yielding results, menace will be eradicated by March 31, says Shah| India News

Anti-Naxal strategy yielding results, menace will be eradicated by March 31, says Shah| India News

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Raipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that security-centric strategy, infrastructure development, and disruption of Maoist financial networks have yielded results in the fight against Left-Wing Extremism, asserting that the menace will be completely eradicated before March 31. Anti-Naxal strategy yielding results, menace will be eradicated by March 31, says Shah Shah made the remarks after chairing a high-level security review meeting on Left-Wing Extremism in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, weeks ahead of the Centre’s March 31 deadline to eliminate Maoist insurgency. The Home Minister, in a post on X, shared photographs of the meeting. “Today in Raipur, I held a review meeting with the Chhattisgarh government and officials on anti-Naxal operations. The security-centric strategy, infrastructure development, targeting of the Naxal financial network and the surrender policy have yielded positive results, and Naxalism will be completely eradicated before March 31,” he wrote. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, Union Home Secretary, Director of the Intelligence Bureau and Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs attended the meeting held …

Ready for peace talks if Centre stops ‘Operation Kagar’, says CPI (Maoist) Central Committee

Ready for peace talks if Centre stops ‘Operation Kagar’, says CPI (Maoist) Central Committee

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File photo of security personnel during an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on March 20, 2025. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) Central Committee has expressed its readiness for peace talks with the Central and State governments if they stop the ongoing ‘Operation Kagar’, what it termed as genocide, in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra (Gadchiroli), Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, and setting up of new camps as part of the ‘military offensive’ by the security forces. In a statement purportedly issued in the name of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) Central Committee on Wednesday (April 2, 2025), its spokesperson Abhay said “We welcome the round table organised by the ‘Peace talks committee’ in Hyderabad on March 24 on the topic – Union Government and the CPI (Maoist) should announce unconditional ceasefire and hold peace talks, in the present scenario.” 16 Naxalites killed, two DRG jawans injured in encounter in Sukma, Chhattisgarh** At least 16 Naxalites were killed, and two security personnel sustained injuries in a major anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, officials …

Naxals trying to expand to new areas without much success: MHA report | Latest News India

Naxals trying to expand to new areas without much success: MHA report | Latest News India

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New Delhi, Facing tough action from the security forces, the Naxals are making efforts to seep into new areas along inter-state borders but without any notable success, the latest report from the Union Home Ministry has said. Naxals trying to expand to new areas without much success: MHA report The government’s multipronged approach anti-Naxal operations by paramilitary and state police and simultaneous development initiatives in Maoist-affected areas has resulted in a 48 per cent reduction in violent incidents, from 1,136 in 2013 to 594 in 2023, the report said. A 65 per cent reduction was also noticed in the deaths of civilians and security forces, which came down from 397 to 138 in 2023 as compared to 2013, it said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the country would be free of Naxalism by March 31, 2026. The geographical spread of Left-Wing Extremist violence has shrunk considerably. In 2023, 171 police stations in 42 districts reported such incidents, compared to 328 police stations in 76 districts in 2013, the MHA report said. “The …

A fight to the finish | Anti-Maoist operations

A fight to the finish | Anti-Maoist operations

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It had been a lazy overcast afternoon in Dantewada in Bastar division, south Chhattisgarh, when sudd­enly the police lines, home to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), buzzes with activity. The local commander asks the troops—formations that have both boys and girls, and which are increasingly called the “tip of the spear” owing to their successes in the fight against Maoism—to get ready for a briefing. And so they do, gathering together their checked weapons, issued ammunition and hurriedly packing rucksacks with ready-to-eat rations, first-aid kits and spare clothes—not to mention body bags. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Review ops once a month, Amit Shah asks CMs of Naxal-hit states

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday said the fight against Naxalism is in its final phase and asked Chief Ministers of all LWE-affected states to review anti-Maoist operations once a month and the DGPs to conduct reviews once every 15 days. Addressing CMs and top officials of Naxal-affected states, Shah said, “By March 2026, with everyone’s cooperation, the country will be completely free from this decades-old menace. CMs of all affected states should review the anti-Naxal operations at least once a month, and also the DGPs should review such operations at least once every 15 days. 85% of the LWE cadre strength in Chhattisgarh has been eliminated, and now the need is to deliver the final blow to Naxalism.” Shah called the review meeting days after the security forces gunned down 31 Maoists in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad on October 3 in what is believed to be one of the largest anti-Naxal operations in the state’s history. “Security forces are now carrying out offensive operations instead of defensive operations earlier,” Shah said. “Since January …

Bodies of three more Naxalites found after encounter in Chhattisgarh; death toll rises to 31

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This image made out of Google Maps locates the Bastar region in Chhattisgarh. The bodies of three more Naxalites were recovered on Saturday (October 5,2024) morning in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, where a fierce encounter with security personnel took place a day ago, police said. With this, the number of Naxalites killed in the gun battle with the security personnel on Friday (October 4,2024) has risen to 31, they said, adding that a search operation is still underway in the area. “Bodies of three more Naxalites were recovered this morning from the dense forest where the encounter took place on Friday,” Inspector General of Police P. Sundarraj told PTI. “With this, the toll of Naxalites in the encounter rose to 31. The identity of the Naxalites is yet to be ascertained, but prima facie it appears that they belonged to PLGA company No. 6, Platoon 16 of Maoists and east Bastar division of Maoists,” he said. On Friday (October 4, 2024) the gunfight broke out between security forces and Naxalites around 1 a.m. in a forest …