Intelligence estimates suggest nearly 1,300 to 1,400 IEDs may still be scattered across the region, particularly in areas where major recoveries of weapons and explosives were recently made.
Officials reviewed implementation of “Niyad Nellanar” scheme in Bastar, noting expanded basic services and infrastructure in remote forest villages previously affected by Left-Wing Extremism.
Narayanpur district police chief Robinson Guria noted that the intensifying search operations over the past month have been fuelled by information extracted from surrendered Maoist cadres.
The seized items included a country-made barrel grenade launcher (BGL), 29 BGL shells, around 50 metres of cordex wire (a detonating cord used to trigger IEDs) and two generators
Across its waters lay the "Liberated Zone" of Abujhmad, a region where the state’s writ vanished and the influence of armed Maoist cadres was absolute.
The Bastar region, comprising seven districts, is now declared by the state government as free from armed Maoists, marking a significant milestone in the decades of battle against the left-wing extrem ...
