Three Maoists carrying total bounty of ₹14 lakh gunned down in Chhattisgarh

Three Maoists carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹14 lakh were killed successful an brushwood with information unit successful Chhattisgarh's Kanker territory connected Sunday (September 28, 2025), a elder constabulary authoritative said.

The weapon conflict took spot connected a forested elevation adjacent Chhindkhadak colony on the borderline of Kanker and Gariaband districts, wherever a associated squad of information unit was retired connected an anti-Maoist cognition successful the morning, Kanker Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela told PTI.

Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a portion of the State police, from Kanker and Gariaband, and the Border Security Force (BSF) were progressive successful the operation, helium said.

Bodies of 3 Maoists, including a pistillate cadre, were recovered from the site, on with a self-loading firearm (SLR), a .303 rifle, a 12-bore weapon and different Maoist-related materials, the SP said.

Prima facie, the deceased were identified arsenic Sarvan Madkam alias Vishwanath, the caput of Sitanadi/Ravas country committee of Maoists, Rajesh alias Rakesh Hemla, an country committee subordinate of Nagari country committee, and Basanti Kunkjam alias Hidme, a subordinate of the extortion squad Mainpur-Nuapada, helium said.

The authoritative said that Madkam and Hemla carried a bounty of ₹8 lakh and ₹5 lakh respectively, portion Kunjam had a reward of ₹1 lakh.

Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P., said that contempt the challenging geographical conditions and harsh weather, the constabulary and information forces deployed successful the portion person been moving with implicit dedication to support beingness and property, successful accordance with the wishes of the authorities and people.

He appealed to Maoist cadres to judge the world that Maoism was connected the verge of extinction.

Now is the clip for them to wantonness the way of unit and articulation the mainstream by taking vantage of the government's rehabilitation policy, the elder authoritative said.

If they proceed amerciable and convulsive activities, they volition look terrible consequences, helium added.

With the latest action, 252 Maoists person been gunned down successful abstracted encounters successful Chhattisgarh truthful acold this year. Of them, 223 were eliminated successful the Bastar division, comprising 7 districts, including Kanker, portion 27 were killed successful Gariaband, which falls successful the Raipur division.

Two different Maoists were killed successful Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki territory successful Durg division.

On September 22, apical cadres, Raju Dada alias Katta Ramachandra Reddy (63) and Kosa Dada alias Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy (67), some Central Committee members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoists), were killed successful an brushwood successful Narayanpur district, constabulary said.