The cadres surrendered along with automatic weapons and ammunition under the Poona Margem initiative being carried out by Chhattisgarh Police. Two of those who laid down arms are women.
Bastar Range Inspector General of Police P. Sundarraj said that 2025 marked a decisive turning point in the fight against Left-Wing Extremism in the region, with security forces killing 256 Naxals in encounters and facilitating the surrender of more than 1,500 Maoists during the year.
Seven Naxals with a total bounty of Rs 37 lakhs on their head surrendered before the Chhattisgarh Police in Gariyaband district on Friday.
The slain jawan has been identified as Head Constable Mahendra Laskar of CRPF’s 60th Battalion, a resident of Nagaon district in Assam.
Shah also said that he would soon visit Chhattisgarh to meet the soldiers who participated in the successful operations against naxals.
A group of armed Naxalites went to the village in the Dumaria Police Station area on Sunday night and blew up the building by using explosives and later resorted to aerial firing while leaving the village.
19-year-old Amulya was arrested and charged with sedition after she raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at a rally in Bengaluru against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Thursday.
According to the early trends, Devti Karma of Congress was leading by a margin of 2,778 votes against her nearest rival Ojaswi Mandavi of the BJP.
The operation was initiated after specific intelligence inputs were received by the security forces regarding the hideout of Naxal Bhaskar who is one of the masterminds of May 1 attack on police personnel.
Punem, who was also the state vice president of Samajwadi Party in Bijapur district of Bastar, had recently contested the assembly elections from Bijapur.
