Overview

• In Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, a joint team of the District Reserve Guard, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and state police killed Vijay Reddy and Lokesh Salame, who carried rewards of ₹25 lakh and ₹10 lakh respectively
• In Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, Chaibasa Police and CoBRA 209 battalion forces gunned down area commander Arun (also known as Varun or Nilesh Madkam) in Goilkera forests and recovered his SLR rifle
• Chhattisgarh police report that 229 Maoists have been neutralised in encounters so far this year, including 208 in the Bastar division, reflecting sustained leadership attrition
• The CPI (Maoist) Darbha Division has alleged massacres and tribal abuses by security forces in Bastar and demanded judicial inquiries, but IGP Sundarraj P has called those claims fabricated
• Security teams pressed on with systematic sweeps in Bastar and Saranda, overcoming dense terrain, IED threats and monsoon rains while dismantling bunkers and recovering weapons