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Drop in Maoist casualties as security forces intensify operations in Chhattisgarh

257 Maoists were killed in encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh this year. 861 Naxalites were arrested and 789 surrendered. Counter-Naxal forces are setting up camps in former Maoist strongholds. The government aims to eliminate Left-wing extremism by March 2026.

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012.

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