Overview

• Joint operations in the Indravati National Park area from June 4 to 7 resulted in seven Maoist fatalities, including Central Committee member Gautam alias Sudhakar and State Committee member Bhaskar Rao
• Authorities ordered a magisterial inquiry after Mahesh Kodiyam’s family denied police claims that the government school cook was a Maoist cadre
• Maoist rebels abducted and executed two surrendered insurgents, Samaiya and Veko Deva, accusing them of acting as police informers
• Suspected Maoists killed two villagers in Sendrabor and Aempur on the suspicion they were collaborating with security forces just before Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit
• Chhattisgarh’s government has vowed to eradicate the Maoist insurgency by March 2026 through sustained security offensives and development initiatives