Overview

• Two District Reserve Guard personnel were wounded in a firefight and after first aid were airlifted to Raipur, where they remain in stable condition.
• The search operation in the Gangalur/Gangloor area was launched on August 12 based on specific intelligence about Maoist cadre concentrations.
• Security forces are conducting intermittent exchanges of fire and thorough combing operations through challenging forest terrain.
• Preliminary reports cite four Maoist fatalities and the seizure of weapons, including a self-loading rifle, but officials are awaiting full verification.
• The campaign is using AI-assisted surveillance, drones, satellite imagery and OSINT under pressure to meet the central government’s deadline to eliminate Maoist influence by March 31, 2026.