Overview

• Joint forces arrested 11 Maoist cadres in coordinated raids across Sukma and Bijapur districts.
• Podiyam Nanda, a militia commander with a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was among the detainees along with area committee members and lower-ranked cadres.
• Teams seized a significant cache of explosives and arms, including tiffin bombs, barrel grenade launcher shells, gelatin rods, detonators, cordex and fuse wires, and Maoist literature.
• Chhattisgarh Police, CRPF, District Reserve Guard and CoBRA teams carried out the raids based on intelligence from local informants.
• Investigators have begun interrogations to map insurgent networks and trace the supply chains of the recovered explosive materials.