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A Maoist carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh on his caput was gunned down by information unit successful Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district precocious Wednesday (March 4, 2026) evening, the constabulary said.
Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said the Maoist was identified arsenic Rajesh Punem, a nonmigratory of Burji village under the Gangaloor police presumption limits in Bijapur district.
A gunfight took spot connected Wednesday nighttime successful the forested hills when a associated squad of the District Reserve Guard and Bastar Fighters, some units of the State police, was retired connected an anti-maoist operation.
The cognition was launched aft the constabulary received inputs that Maoists were dumping weapons and different materials successful the forested elevation portion between Gumalnar, Girsapara and Nelgoda villages successful the Geedam area, bordering Bijapur district.
“At 12.30 p.m., the constabulary unit near for the suspected dump tract and was proceeding up aft conducting intensive hunt and cordoning disconnected the wood and hilly area. At astir 8.30-9.00 p.m., 8-10 equipped Maoists of Bhairamgarh Area Committee, who were already lying successful ambush, opened indiscriminate and deadly occurrence with amerciable automatic weapons with the volition of sidesplitting the constabulary enactment and looting the weapons,” Mr. Rai said.
The serviceman added that the constabulary instantly took screen and warned the Maoists to surrender, but they continued firing. After the speech of occurrence stopped and a hunt was conducted, a body was recovered and later identified as Punem, a subordinate of the Bhairamgarh Area Committee.
Weapons specified arsenic a self-loading rifle, an INSAS rifle, a pistol with a mag and unrecorded cartridges, bare shells and a walkie-talkie acceptable were recovered, said Mr. Rai.
