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Security Forces Kill Two Maoists in Bokaro Encounter During Intensified Anti-Naxal Operations

Operation Sankalp has entered its fiercest phase with deep forest sweeps, hidden bomb blasts, targeted killings of education volunteers, infrastructure sabotage, culminating in a lethal Bokaro encounter.

Naxalites often plant IEDs on dirt tracks to target security personnel, who use such routes during anti-Naxal operations inside forests.
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CRPF personnel in Jharkhand | Representative image | ANI
Police said their teams are trying to reach the crime scene for confirmation and recovery of the bodies.

Overview

  • On July 16, security forces killed two Maoists and a CoBRA jawan died in a gunfight in the Birhordera forest of Bokaro district.
  • Maoist insurgents abducted and executed two ‘Shiksha Doot’ education volunteers in Bijapur district on July 15, accusing them of being police informers and leaving propaganda pamphlets.
  • A Jio mobile tower in Madhonar village, Narayanpur district, was torched by Maoists on July 15, disrupting cellular networks used by security teams.
  • On July 14, a hidden pressure IED planted by Naxalites near Dhangol village in Bijapur district injured three villagers collecting wild mushrooms.
  • Operation Sankalp, launched by central and state authorities, has expanded multi-agency counter-insurgency sweeps across Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to eliminate Naxalism by March 2026.