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In important changes to India’s “red corridor”, the fig of districts “most-affected” by near helping extremism (LWE) has reduced to 3 from six, the Union Home Ministry said connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025).
Now, Bijapur, Sukma and Narayanpur successful Chhattisgarh stay nether the classification of “most affected”. the connection said. Previously successful April this year, the fig was reduced to six from 12, with Bijapur, Kanker, Narayanpur, and Sukma successful Chhattisgarh; West Singhbhum successful Jharkhand; and Gadchiroli successful Maharashtra arsenic the six astir affected districts.
According to the Ministry, the fig of districts affected by Maoism has besides been further brought down to 11 from 18. “The authorities is committed to wholly eradicate the Maoist menace by the March 31, 2026”, it added.
“Operational successes person surpassed each erstwhile records this twelvemonth wherein 312 LWE cadres person been eliminated, including CPI (Maoist) wide caput and 08 different polit bureau/ cardinal committee members,” the Home Ministry said.
About 836 LWE cadres person been arrested and 1639 person surrendered and joined the mainstream truthful far. This includes 1 polit bureau subordinate and a cardinal committee member, the connection added.
The antagonistic LWE operations were carried retired nether the National Action Plan and Policy which were “precise intelligence-based and radical friendly”. The steps were accompanied by swift domination of areas with information vacuum, and targeting of apical leaders arsenic good arsenic implicit crushed workers, the Ministry said.
Further, the Home Ministry said the operations progressive choking of finances, enhanced coordination betwixt States and cardinal government, and accelerated prosecution of Maoist related cases.
As galore arsenic 27 progressive Maoists carrying a full bounty of ₹50 lakh surrendered earlier the constabulary successful Sukma territory connected Wednesday. In the intervening nighttime of October 13 and 14, 61 Maoists, including salient cardinal committee subordinate of CPI (Maoist) Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Bhupati, surrendered successful beforehand of the Maharashtra Police astatine Fodewada colony successful Bhamragad.
