Woman Maoist Gunned Down In Encounter In Chhattisgarh’s Kanker
Key Points
The face-off occurred in a forested area under the jurisdiction of the Chhotebethiya police station.
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Border Security Force was conducting a combing operation based on intelligence inputs.
This encounter is part of a broader crackdown in the Bastar region, where over 200 Maoists have been neutralized since January 2025.
Kanker, Jun 20: A woman Maoist was gunned down in an encounter that broke out in the border district of Kanker, Chhattisgarh, on Friday.
According to reports, the face-off occurred in a forested area under the jurisdiction of the Chhotebethiya police station, where a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) was conducting a combing operation based on intelligence inputs.
The operation was launched between Amatola and Kalpar villages, across the Kotri River, a known Maoist stronghold.
This encounter is part of a broader crackdown in the Bastar region, where over 200 Maoists have been neutralized since January 2025, marking one of the most intense anti-Naxal campaigns in recent years.
The body of the Naxalite, along with a weapon, has been recovered, and the operation is still underway, said a senior police official.
On the other hand, 12 members of the banned CPI(Maoist) from Chhattisgarh surrendered before Superintendent of Police B. Rohit Raju at the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police headquarters in Telangana.
The group included two Divisional Committee Members, four Area Committee Members, and two each from the party’s militia, political ranks, and the Revolutionary People’s Committee.
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