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Turning On The Heat : Massive Security Operation Rattles Naxals Who Issue Statement Seeking ‘Peace Talks’
The statement by Maoists being circulated on social media also says that despite the possibility of solving the problem through peace talks, the government was using repression and violence.
Image : Representational Purpose OnlyA massive operation against Maoists involving about 10,000 security personnel along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border continued for the fifth day , with the Maoists purportedly issuing a statement in which they called for halting the exercise and holding “peace talks”.
As reported by PTI, The statement by Maoists being circulated on social media also says that despite the possibility of solving the problem through peace talks, the government was using repression and violence.
It is believed that some 500 cadres of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, including top leaders, are holed up in the area, and Telangana Police are assisting in the exercise, said the official who is monitoring the action on the ground.
The operation, one of biggest counter-insurgency actions launched in the Bastar region, involves personnel of different units including the District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighters and Special Task Force of the Chhattisgarh police, the Central Reserve Police Force and its elite Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA).
On Thursday, three women Naxalites were killed on Karregutta hills, and a huge cache of weapons, explosives and other materials was recovered.
The operation was launched on Monday in the densely forested hills of Karregutta and Durgamgutta along the inter-state border. Parts of the area fall in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, over 450 km away from state capital Raipur.
