Chhattisgarh Encounter: 30 Naxalites have been killed so far in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh. A jawan has also died in this incident. Police officials said that 30 Naxalites were killed in an encounter between security forces and Naxalites in the border area of ​​Bijapur and Dantewada district under Gangalur police station area of ​​Bijapur district. He said that 26 Naxalites were killed in Bijapur district and one jawan was also killed, while four other Naxalites were killed in Kanker district. He said that a joint team of security forces was dispatched from Gangalur police station in the border area of ​​Bijapur and Dantewada districts on an anti -Naxal operation.
Encounter still continues
Officials said that during the campaign, there is a continuous firing between the Naxalites and the security forces from seven o’clock this morning. He said that the security forces have recovered the bodies of 26 Naxalites along with a large amount of weapons and ammunition from the encounter site. He said that a soldier of Bijapur District Reserve Guard (DRG) has died in this incident. Officials said that encounter and search campaign is going on in the area.
How many Naxalites died this year
Superintendent of Police of Kanker district Indira Kalyan Alesela said that another encounter took place in the forest on the border of Kanker and Narayanpur district this morning, when a joint team of DRG and Border Security Force had gone on an anti -Naxal campaign. He said that after the action, apart from the bodies of four Naxalites, automatic weapons were also recovered. Police said that a search operation is going on at both encounter sites. With this encounter, this year so far, the number of Naxalites killed in different encounters in the state has increased to 113. Of these, 97 were killed in seven districts including Bijapur and Kanker districts in Bastar division.
When the number of Naxalites died 18, the CM of Chhattisgarh encouraged the security forces. At the same time, when 22 Naxalites were killed, Amit Shah tweeted and praised the soldiers.
Home Minister Amit Shah wrote on the social media platform X, “Today our soldiers have achieved another great success in the direction of ‘Naxal Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’. 22 Naxalites were killed in two separate operations of our security forces in Bijapur and Kanker in Chhattisgarh. The Modi government is moving beyond the Rutles approach against the Naxalites and despite all the facilities of dedication to inclusion, the Naxalites are not surrendering, adopting a policy of zero tolerance against them. The country is going to be Naxal -free before 31 March next year. ‘
Today our soldiers have achieved another major success in the direction of ‘Naxal -free India campaign’. 22 Naxalites were killed in 2 separate operations of our security forces in Bijapur and Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
The Modi government is moving beyond Rutles approach against Naxalites and from dedication to inclusion…
– Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 20, 2025
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said that today in two Naxalite encounter, 18 Naxalites have got dead bodies and four places. We salute the courage of our security forces. Our soldiers are continuously fighting the battle with great strength. Our Home Minister resolve that Naxalism has to be abolished from all over the country by March 2026. It is not going to take much time now. It is working very fast. The resolve of the Home Minister will be fulfilled and our Bastar will be known in the country and the world.
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