Police Report 12 CPI (Maoist) Cadres Killed Battling Security Personnel In Bijapur District
Bijapur District, January 16, 2025: Twelve individuals believed to be cadres of the Maoist party were killed on Thursday during an intense exchange of fire with security forces in the forests of Bastar area in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a senior police official announced to the press today.
According to the police official, the firefight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur district when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Maoist operation; and the intermittent exchange of fire lasted till late in the evening.
“Based on specific information about the presence of Maoists at the given forest area, a joint team of security forces left on an anti-Maoist operation. On Thursday morning, there ensued an intermittent exchange of firings. Several Maoists are believed to have suffered casualties and according to the information reaching the district headquarters, the figure may be around 10. But the exact casualties of Maoists in the gunfight will be known by Friday morning when the forces carry out search operations in the region and return”, the police official stated in his report.
In his remarks to the press, the police official said that the combing operation involved personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG) across three districts, five battalions of the CRPF’s elite jungle warfare unit, CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), and the 229th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
“As per preliminary information, 12 cadres of the Maoist party were killed in the gunfight. Further details were awaited as a search operation was still under way in the area,” the police official said in conclusion, adding that there has been no report of any security personnel sustaining injuries in the encounter.
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