Overview
- District Reserve Guard units launched searches on specific intelligence, with firefights starting around 5 a.m. in Bijapur and later in Sukma’s Kistaram area.
- Police reported 12 fatalities in Sukma and two in Bijapur, with bodies recovered near the Pamlur–Kistaram belt and the Gaganpalli–Basaguda forests.
- Authorities identified Konta area leader Sachin (Vetti) Mangdu among those killed in Sukma, with several reports also naming Madvi Hitesh alias Hunga.
- Security forces seized automatic weapons including AK-47, INSAS and SLR rifles from the sites, and no injuries to personnel were reported.
- Search and combing operations are continuing, operational details are being withheld for safety, and police leaders say the Konta network has been significantly weakened.