Overview

• Over three days in Bijapur, security forces killed four Maoists, including Central Committee member Sudhakar (alias Gautam) with a ₹40 lakh bounty and Bhaskar alias Mailarapu Adellu with a ₹45 lakh bounty.
• Joint teams from the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and CoBRA carried out the raids in dense forest terrain based on actionable intelligence about senior Maoist movements.
• The campaign follows May’s neutralization of CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao (Basavaraju), reflecting a broader nationwide effort to dismantle insurgent leadership.
• Security forces recovered automatic weapons, explosives and Maoist literature at multiple encounter sites during combing operations.
• The intensified offensive has also prompted the surrender of seven Maoist cadres in Dantewada, revealing fractures within the insurgent ranks.