Overview

• A joint Sukma District Force–203 CoBRA team acting on intelligence located the clandestine facility on a forested hill near Koimenta on September 26.
• The site yielded a vertical milling machine, two barrel grenade launchers, 94 BGL heads, 12 empty shells, three directional IED pipes, and other fabrication tools.
• Police said the semi-industrial setup with precision equipment and solar batteries indicated advanced in-house production capacity.
• Sukma SP Kiran Chavan said the materials suggested preparations for a large-scale offensive and that the factory was demolished with all personnel returning safely.
• Officials reported that 249 Maoists have been killed in Chhattisgarh in 2025, including 220 in Bastar, and stated that such operations will intensify.