Overview
- Security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur killed Udham Singh, a divisional committee member, in a morning gunfight near Tarrem, recovering an AK-47, magazines and explosives.
- Separately in Bijapur, 12 cadres from the South Sub-Zonal Bureau, including eight women, surrendered under the Poona Margem initiative, handing over an AK-47, two SLRs, 250 gelatin sticks and 400 detonators.
- Police said the Bijapur surrenderees carried a collective bounty of ₹46 lakh, and each will receive immediate assistance of ₹50,000 with further rehabilitation under state policy.
- Odisha police declared Koraput district ‘Naxal-free’ after the surrender of area committee member Mamata Podiami, who turned in an SLR and will receive benefits under the state rehabilitation policy.
- A day earlier, Malkangiri was declared ‘Naxal-free’ following the surrender of ACM-ranked Sukhram Markam, a ₹21 lakh rewardee, as parallel operations in Abujhmad and Narayanpur uncovered large IED and arms-manufacturing caches.