Encounter Between Security Forces And Naxalites In Chhattisgarh, No Casualty Confirmed Yet

Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and District Force were involved in the operation.

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security forces and Naxalites at Madded in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

A few Naxalites have been reportedly killed in the encounter but it has not been confirmed yet. However, Bijapur ASP Chandrakant Govarna confirmed the exchange of fire between security forces and Naxalites in a forests of Bandepara and Koranjed under Madded police station. While intermittent firing continued from both sides, now it has stopped.

Govarna said it has not yet been confirmed whether any Naxalites was killed in the encounter. Security personnel are conducting a search operation at the spot. The ASP said complete details of the encounter will be available after the personnel return from the encounter spot.

On Saturday, A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured in an IED blast planted by Naxalites here in the Bastar division of Chattisgarh. The injured soldier was shifted to Bijapur District Hospital.

According to Bijapur police, the IED blast took place in the Mahadev Ghat area when a team of CRPF's 196th battalion was on an area domination operation. “During a patrol, the CRPF jawan stepped on a pressure-activated IED, triggering the explosion and leaving him injured,” a police spokesperson said. The identity of the injured trooper was not immediately.

A day earlier, 13 Naxalites, five of them carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 13 lakh on their heads, surrendered before security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, an official said. Nandu Avalam alias Durgesh alias Kotesh and his wife Deve Madkam alias Chandani, cadres Munna Kakem, Sukhram Hemla, Bhima Vekko, along with eight other Naxals turned themselves in before security personnel, he said.

The surrendered Maoists were active in the Gondia division of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. According to officials, the surrendered Naxalites will be given facilities under the rehabilitation policy by the government. At present, everyone has been given a cash amount of Rs 25,000.

While quitting the armed movement, the cadres denounced the inhuman and hollow Maoist ideology and hailed the state government's Naxalism elimination policy as well as the police's rehabilitation drive 'Niyaad Nellanar', said Jitendra Yadav, SP, Bijapur.

There have been multiple encounters between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh since the start of 2025. An encounter took place in Gariaband district on January 3. The next day, a fierce encounter occurred between Naxalites and security forces in Dantewada. Two more attacks took place on January 6. As per reports, Naxalites are furious with the success of security forces in the anti-Naxal operations last year.