Overview

• A joint task force launched the July 12 operation in the Chotanagra forests after receiving intelligence about concealed explosives.
• Security personnel demolished five underground bunkers and recovered two improvised explosive devices, detonators and arrow bombs.
• A bomb disposal squad defused all seized ordnance on site, neutralizing threats to both troops and nearby villages.
• The raid is part of codenamed campaigns like Mission Sankalp that have recently targeted insurgent hideouts across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
• Officials say these sustained multi-agency measures aim to end the decades-long Maoist insurgency by early 2026.