Chhattisgarh, September 17, 2025 — In a crucial counter-insurgency breakthrough, security forces neutralized two Maoist rebels, including a high-ranking leader, during an intense encounter in the jungles of Bijapur district. The operation, carried out near the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border, also led to the recovery of sophisticated weapons, explosives, and critical Maoist documentation, officials said.

The gunbattle erupted on Tuesday evening following a large-scale joint operation involving the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Chhattisgarh police, CoBRA commandos of the CRPF, and Maharashtra’s elite C-60 force. Acting on pinpoint intelligence, the forces cordoned off a suspected Maoist hideout in the remote Tekmeta forest under the Farsegarh police station limits.

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