A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killed nine Maoists in an ongoing encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. The operation, which began on Tuesday morning, resulted in the recovery of a large quantity of weapons, including several rifles. This brings the total number of Naxalites killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh this year to 154.
In a significant development, 18 Naxalites, including a militia platoon section commander and three women, have laid down their arms in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The surrendered individuals were identified as Hidma Oyam, the Hurrepal Panchayat Militia Platoon section commander, Sambati Oyam, a deputy commander of HPMP, Gangi Madkam, vice president of Kakadi Panchayat Krantikari Mahila Adivasi Sangthan, and Hungi Oyam, a member of the cultural wing of CPI (Maoists).
