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As galore arsenic 44 Maoists from 5 districts of Bastar part successful Chhattisgarh surrendered earlier information forces connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026), said a elder constabulary officer.
The surrender led to recoveries of a ample cache of arms and ammunitions isolated from currency amounting to ₹3 crore and golden worthy implicit ₹11 crore, which were displayed connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026), the serviceman added, highlighting the value of the day that was acceptable by the Centre arsenic the deadline for elimination of Maoism from the country.
“On this decisive time of Mission 2026, 44 Maoist cadres successful the Bastar scope renounced the way of unit and embraced the mainstream mode of beingness — a important measurement toward bid and spot successful the region,” the serviceman said, adding that 25 of those were successful Bijapur territory and 11 successful Kanker district. The remaining ones were from Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur, helium added.
On the betterment of weapons and valuables from the dumps, the serviceman said that implicit the past fewer days, a full of 217 weapon, including airy instrumentality guns (LMGs), AK-47s, INSAS rifles, and self-loading rifles (SLRs) person been recovered from assorted Maoist dumps and cadres.
“A caller milestone has present been acceptable with the betterment of 7.2 kg of golden (valued astatine astir ₹11.16 crore) from different Maoist dump; this betterment was showcased today, connected this decisive time of the mission,” added the officer.
On currency recoveries, the serviceman said that a full of ₹3 crore successful currency (₹2.90 crore from Bijapur territory and ₹10 lakh from Sukma district) was recovered from Maoist dumps.
In a related development, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that Chhattisgarh was present escaped from Maoism. He besides added that a Maoists-free Chhattisgarh was acceptable to measurement into a “new epoch of development, trust, and prosperity”.
