Overview

• A five-day operation launched on August 24 targeted forests near Kasod, Kumuradi, Madoda, Khodpar and Gattakal in Narayanpur after specific inputs on senior cadres.
• District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force units joined the Indo-Tibetan Border Police’s 38th, 41st and 45th battalions in the coordinated push.
• More than 300 items were recovered, including a light machine gun, a Trichy Assault Rifle, an SLR, an INSAS rifle, a 51mm mortar, barrel grenade launchers, grenades, detonators, cordex, safety fuses, GPS devices and Maoist literature.
• Police reported multiple firefights, including a major encounter with the Maad division under Kohkameta police station limits, and said blood stains and drag marks suggest several insurgents were injured.
• Officials described the action as a psychological and strategic setback for Maoist cadres, and said combing operations and database verification of the seized rifle are continuing.