Overview
- A joint team of the District Reserve Guard from Narayanpur and Dantewada with the Special Task Force engaged Maoists along the inter-district border after intelligence on movement in the East Bastar division.
- Security personnel recovered the body of a woman Maoist and seized a .303 rifle, two under‑barrel grenade launchers and daily-use items, with intermittent firing reported through the day.
- Police said at least one Naxalite was killed and the operation, launched early on September 5, remained underway as forces tightened their cordon to prevent escapes.
- On September 3, twenty cadres surrendered in Sukma, including eleven with a collective bounty of Rs 33 lakh, according to officials.
- Superintendent Kiran Chavan said nine of those who surrendered were women and cited disillusionment and internal rifts, while Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated the goal of securing surrenders, arrests or elimination of remaining cadres.