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In the past six years, 989 weapons person been seized oregon recovered from Maoists successful Chhattisgarh, the State authorities told the Legislative Assembly connected Thursday (February 26, 2026).
The database includes 671 weapons recovered from LWE killed by information forces successful encounters, 238 submitted by Maoists who surrendered and 80 seized from arrested Maoists betwixt January 1, 2020 and January 31 this year, the reply added.
The replies listed aggregate categories of weapons, from muzzle-loading rifles to BGL launchers and airy instrumentality guns, arsenic good arsenic battle rifles specified arsenic AK-47. Seventy AK-47 rifles fig successful the list.
In effect to a question by the Leader of the Opposition and elder Congress person Charan Das Mahant, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who holds the Home portfolio, besides told the House that 48 weapons were snatched oregon looted by Maoists from information forces betwixt January 1, 2019 and January 31 this year.
No weapons were snatched oregon looted from information forces successful 2025 and successful 2026 till date. The fig was highest successful 2020, erstwhile Maoists managed to instrumentality distant 19 weapons.
Mr. Mahant had asked astir the weapons snatched and looted during encounters betwixt 2019 and January 30, arsenic good arsenic the weapons recovered. He besides sought details connected however galore Left were arrested and however galore were killed successful constabulary encounters from January 2020 to the aforementioned date.
In his reply, Mr. Sharma told the Assembly that 4,340 Maoists had surrendered, 3,644 had been arrested and 666 had been killed successful encounters during this period.
Notably, information forces successful Chhattisgarh person stepped up operations against Maoists successful the past 2 years, during which astatine slightest 534 Maoists person been killed, 2,704 person surrendered and 2,004 person been arrested, astir of them successful the Bastar region.
