Overview

• Joint teams from Kukanar Police Station and the Sukma District Reserve Guard launched the June 11 operation in Pusgunna forest based on reliable intelligence inputs.
• Security forces recovered an INSAS rifle, a 12-bore rifle, ammunition and explosive materials following the firefight.
• Among the slain insurgents was Baman, the Local Organisation Squad Commander of Pedaras who carried a ₹5 lakh bounty.
• Days before the encounter, a pressure IED explosion near Dondra village killed Additional Superintendent of Police Akash Rao Giripunje.
• State figures show that over the past 18 months 425 Maoists have been killed, 1,388 surrendered and 1,443 arrested in Chhattisgarh.