Anti-naxal operations

Crucial infrastructural development and the resultant connectivity to remote Naxal-infested areas provided a much-needed operational ease to the Centre's anti-Naxal strategy. The 910-metre bridge built over the river Gurupriya in 2018 in the Malkangiri district, once considered a Naxal breeding ground, was a part of this crucial infrastructural enhancement.

The latest RTI reply reveals detailed state wise SRE allocations and parallel funding to central agencies, highlighting how the Centre strengthened ground operations, supported surrenders and modernisation, and scaled its multi layered strategy against Left Wing Extremism.

The RTI reply highlights a sharp fall in Naxal violence under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with BJP-led governments showing stronger centre–state coordination and higher operational success in curbing insurgency across India’s shrinking Red Corridor.

Joint teams of E-30, STF, and COBRA launched an anti-Naxal operation after receiving inputs about the presence of Naxals in the Mainpur forest region.

The recent killing of Maoist leader Basavaraju, who used to walk around with a multi-layer security cover of about of 60-70 armed naxals, demonstrates the enhanced accuracy of the security forces in carrying out recent anti-naxal operations.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Karreguttalu Hills, which was once ruled by red terror of Naxalites, now proudly hoists the tricolour

Chhattisgarh is the only state in India where Maoists maintain a significant presence and the ability to launch large-scale attacks.

Security forces have intensified anti-naxal operations in the Bastar division following the January 6 IED attack on a vehicle of security forces in which 8 security personnel and a driver was killed.

Andhra Pradesh SC/ST court acquitted 13 cops accused in the gang-rape of 11 tribal women due to the lack of evidence