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Security forces person destroyed a weapons manufacturing installation operated by Maoists successful Chhattisgarh's Sukma territory and seized 8 rifles and a ample cache of materials utilized successful making firearms and explosives, constabulary said connected Monday (December 22, 2025).
“Based connected quality inputs, a associated squad of the 150th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and section constabulary busted the amerciable weapons-manufacturing portion successful the wood hills adjacent Meenagatta colony connected Sunday (December 22, 2025),” Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.
He said that the squad recovered 8 single-shot rifles, 15 12-bore cartridges, 5 electrical detonators, 30 metres of Cordex wire, 2 kilograms of PEK explosive, 1 kilograms of ANFO (ammonium nitrate substance oil) explosive, 10 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 8 wireless VHF sets, 1 welding machine, among different materials, Maoist uniforms and literature.
Initial investigations suggest that Naxalites were operating the portion to escalate equipped activities successful the region, the authoritative said, adding that the vigilance and swift enactment of the information forces wholly neutralised the facility, inflicting a important stroke to the Maoists.
S.P. Chavan said that arsenic galore arsenic 599 Maoists person surrendered, 460 person been arrested, and 71 neutralised successful Sukma since January 2024. "The Sukma constabulary are afloat committed to maintaining bid and information successful Bastar. Operations volition proceed relentlessly to uproot the Maoists' convulsive ideology and their proviso network," helium said.
