The 21-day military operation was a part of India’s offensive towards the final remaining teams of the Naxalite rise up.
Indian safety forces have killed 31 Maoist rebels in what the nation’s residence minister referred to as the “greatest operation towards Naxalism”.
Amit Shah stated on social media on Wednesday that the operation occurred on Karreguttalu Hill on the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana.
“The hill on which the purple terror as soon as reigned, at present the tricolour is flying proudly … Our safety forces accomplished this greatest anti-Naxal operation in simply 21 days and I’m extraordinarily completely satisfied that there was not a single casualty within the safety forces on this operation,” he wrote on X.
India has been waging an offensive towards the final remaining teams of the Naxalite rise up, a far-left Maoist-inspired fighter motion that started in 1967.
The Karreguttalu Hills was the unified headquarters of a number of Naxalite organisations, the place rebels had been offered weapons and strategic coaching.
However the Naxalites have been preventing for what they are saying is the defence of the rights of the tribal individuals within the area.
On the group’s peak within the mid-2000s, they managed practically a 3rd of the nation with an estimated 15,000 to twenty,000 fighters.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the information of the success of the operation.
“This success of the safety forces reveals that our marketing campaign in direction of rooting out Naxalism is transferring in the correct route,” Modi wrote on X.
“We’re absolutely dedicated to establishing peace within the Naxal-affected areas and connecting them with the mainstream of growth.”
Director Basic Central Reserve Police Power GP Singh additionally stated on Wednesday that the federal government is “dedicated to eradicate” Naxalism by March 31, 2026 “by relentless and ruthless operations”.
Based on authorities knowledge, since final yr, Indian troopers have killed at the least 400 rebels.
Extra lately, 11 rebels had been killed by Indian troops within the states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
In February, safety forces killed 11 fighters and killed an extra 30 in March.
Furthermore, in accordance with a information launch by the Overseas Workplace, 718 Naxalites have up to now surrendered within the first 4 months of 2025.
