Overview
- A joint team of the DRG, STF and CoBRA launched a search in the forested hills of northwestern Bijapur after specific inputs on Maoist presence.
- Police later reported recovering four bodies and several automatic weapons, including AK-47 rifles, from the Indravati National Park area.
- Senior cadre Dilip Bedja was identified among those killed, while authorities are working to confirm the identities of the others.
- Sources said senior commander Papa Rao was believed to be in the area, but officials have not confirmed his status.
- Intermittent gunfire continued as combing operations progressed, and police reported no injuries to security personnel.