NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday met the security officers who played a key role in recent operations against Naxals in Chhattisgarh and said the Narendra Modi government is determined to free India from the menace of Naxalism.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma and senior home ministry officials were present on the occasion here.
"I have met the officers who played an important role in the recent operations conducted against Naxalism and congratulated them on the historic success of these operations," Shah said in a post in Hindi on X.
The home minister said he is also eager to meet the soldiers who made these operations successful with their bravery and will soon visit Chhattisgarh and meet them.
"The Modi government is determined to free India from the scourge of Naxalism," he added.
The Chhattisgarh Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jointly carried out a three-week operation in the Kurragutta hills along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border recently.
Under the "Operation Black Forest", 31 hardcore Maoists were killed and the integrated headquarters of several key Maoist outfits, including PLGA Battalion Number 1, DKSZC, TSC and CRC, destroyed.