Speaking to media on the encounter of Maoists in Telangana, Mulugu Superintendent of Police (SP) Shabarish said, "Seven Maoists died in a police encounter in the Eturnagaram forest area." Media reports suggested that search operations were conducted in the area following the encounter.
Sundaraj P, IGP, Bastar confirmed the operation and revealed that the District Reserve Guard (DRG) team and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team were part of it.
Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement to free the country from naxalism by March 2026, four battalions of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) comprising 4000 CRPF personnel are set to be depolyed in Bastar for anti-insurgency operations.