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A major anti-Naxal operation along the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border has left several Maoists dead, with search operations underway. Security forces, including DRG and CoBRA teams, have surrounded the forest area as clashes continue near Bijapur and Gadhchiroli districts

Security forces destroyed a Maoist arms manufacturing facility in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, seizing 17 firearms and several weapon-making tools. The operation is part of intensified efforts to dismantle Naxal infrastructure and promote peace under the government’s rehabilitation policy

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

With this, 14 naxalites have been killed in separate encounters in the State in 2025, say officials

The gunfight began at around 3 am at a forest in south Abujhmaad when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-naxalite operation

Security personnel recovered another IED planted by Naxalites at a different location in the same district, officials said. The first IED blast occurred around 11 a.m. near the newly established Raiguda police camp under the Chintalnar police station area. The explosion happened while a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team, a unit of the state police, was conducting an area domination operation, an official stated. 4o

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 incident occurred between Dhaulai and Pallinar at Kadenar area in Narayanpur district when the jawans were returning to Mandoda after conducting combing operations in the forests