Raipur: Security forces have neutralised a Maoist in an ongoing encounter along the Dantewada-Narayanpur border, officials said.
The gunfight broke out in the early hours of September 5 when a joint team of District Reserve Guard [DRG] and Special Task Force [STF] was out on a search operation in the bordering regions.
Following an exchange of fire, body of a Maoist in uniform was recovered. The encounter is still underway and more details are awaited.
Chhattisgarh | One naxal killed in the joint operation of DRG Narayanpur and Dantewada, along with STF, in Abujhmarh. An exchange of fire has been going on since morning. The encounter continues: Narayanpur Police
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2025
The operation was launched following the police received inputs related to presence of a large number of Maoists along the Narayanpur-Dantewada border.
Earlier a joint team of security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition during an anti-Naxal operation in Abujhmad of Narayanpur.
The four-day operation was launched jointly by a team comprising personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), DRG and STF on August 24.
#WATCH | Chhattisgarh | Narayanpur SP Robinson Guria says, "DRG, STF, ITBP conducted an anti-Naxal operation on August 24, in which we recovered a huge amount of arms and ammunition… We conducted operations at various places in the Abujhmad area, and we found that the… pic.twitter.com/1OIGmJrgQj
— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2025
The campaign resulted in recovery of as many as 49 muzzle loading guns, one Insas rifle, one SLR rifle, one sten gun, and a Light Machine Gun [LMG]. A Trichy Assault Rifle [TAR] was also seized during the operation.
Furthermore, recovery of 8 Barrel Grenade Launchers [BGLs], three .303 rifles, four 12 bore rifles, 8 country made grenades, one hand grenades and over 80 small and medium size BGL shells were also made from separate sites during the operation.
