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As many as 63 Maoist cadres, including 36 carrying bounties worth Rs 1.19 crore, surrendered before security forces in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The surrender, credited to the ‘Puna Margam’ initiative, is seen as a major step towards peace in Bastar.

Thirty-four Naxalites, including 26 carrying rewards worth Rs 84 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district under the state’s rehabilitation policy. Police said the move reflects growing impact of reintegration initiatives aimed at ending Left-wing extremism

Thirty-seven Naxalites, including 27 carrying a collective reward of Rs 65 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Sunday. Officials said the ongoing Poona Margem initiative has prompted over 2,200 Naxalites to give up arms in the last 23 months

About 140 Maoists, including Central Committee member Takalapalli Vasudeva Rao alias Ashanna, alias Rupesh and DKZC Maad division in-charge Ranitha, are set to surrender before Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai in Jagdalpur. Their surrender is expected to weaken Maoist operations in Bastar.

In South Bastar, 71 Maoists, including 30 with bounties, surrendered to police under Chhattisgarh’s rehabilitation drive. Many were involved in violence for years. The state will help them reintegrate with financial aid, skill training, and land support

Security forces in Chhattisgarh launched coordinated operations against Maoist insurgents, resulting in the deaths of eight to ten Maoists, including senior most leader Modem Balakrishna and leaders from the CPI (Maoist) Odisha State Committee. The encounter took place in Gariaband district.

The incident took place near Palnar under Kuakonda police station limits when the vehicle was on its way from Potali, a naxal-affected village

The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts, located in the Bastar region, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation

Personnel from the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) successfully engaged the Maoists, recovering a large cache of arms and ammunition, including automatic weapons such as INSAS and SLR rifles

Security forces have recovered the bodies of 30 Naxalites along with a large number of AK-47 rifles and semi-automatic weapons.

The gunfight broke in the forest of Abhujmad when a joint team of the security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation

According to officials, several naxalites are reported to be either killed or injured in the skirmish

The explosion took place in the Kirandul police station area during an anti-Naxal operation on Saturday, the Dantewada SP added.

The five were taken into custody during an anti-Naxal operation by the 15th battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force on Saturday, said Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai.

Bodies of two Naxalites were recovered, in which primary identification was done as militia cadres Sodhi Deva and Rava Deva who were active in the Jagargunda Area Committee and carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on their head.

A senior official said, the incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation,

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