Overview

• The home minister felicitated CRPF, Chhattisgarh Police, DRG and CoBRA personnel credited with the success of 'Operation Black Forest' on Karreguttalu hill.
• Shah said the 21-day push in April–May destroyed a major base camp along with material dumps and the Maoist supply chain under heavy IED threat.
• Official figures differ, with Chhattisgarh citing 31 Maoists killed and Union accounts reporting 27 neutralised, including CPI-Maoist leader Nambala Keshav Rao on May 21.
• Shah reiterated a commitment to make India Naxal-free by March 31, 2026 and praised the security forces’ sustained operations.
• Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai reported since December 2023 the state has neutralised 453 Maoists, made 1,616 arrests, secured 1,666 surrenders and opened 65 security camps, while briefing Shah on ongoing Bastar operations and flood response.