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Amit Shah to Lead Review of Anti-Naxal Drive and Lay Foundation for Forensic University

The visit underscores the government’s commitment to bolstering forensic infrastructure to support an intensified campaign against Maoist insurgents

Overview

  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh from June 22 to 23 to review counterinsurgency operations and inaugurate new forensic science facilities.
  • The Centre plans to build a National Forensic Science University on 40 acres in Naya Raipur at a cost of about ₹400 crore, with an adjacent 6–7-acre state forensic lab.
  • Shah will tour a security camp in the Bastar region and meet the family of ASP Akash Rao Girepunje, who was killed by a Maoist-planted IED in Sukma on June 9.
  • Since the BJP took power in 2023, Chhattisgarh security forces have neutralized over 400 Maoist cadres and eliminated CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju.
  • The government has set a deadline of March 31, 2026 to eradicate Naxalism by combining upgraded forensic capabilities with intensified operations.