Maoist

P.G. Balakrishna Kamath said the impact of demonetisation was not limited to the loss or movement of cash. It also created an ideological problem within the Maoist ranks.

According to PM Modi, these “dimagi naxals” are now looking for opportunities to create violence and unrest and to push society in what he described as the “wrong path”.

"This is a massive victory for the security forces in our ongoing anti-Maoist efforts," SP Patil mentioned.

“Operation Black Forest was conducted on a hill spread over 50 km in length and 37 km in width on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. The Naxalites had established a permanent camp there with arrangements to sustain fighting for 5 years - including weapons, solar lights, factories for making a large number of IEDs, and food grains stocked for 5 years. Besides this, 400 to 500 cadres were gathered there,” Shah said.

There are currently no armed Naxalite squads functioning in any of the 23 districts in Bihar that were previously affected by the threat.