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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
Indian troops kill 12 Maoist rebels

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BSS/AFP
17 January, 2025, 12:10 pm
Last modified: 17 January, 2025, 12:33 pm

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Indian troops kill 12 Maoist rebels

A crackdown by security forces has killed more than 200 rebels in the past year, an overwhelming majority in Chhattisgarh, according to government data

BSS/AFP
17 January, 2025, 12:10 pm
Last modified: 17 January, 2025, 12:33 pm
Photo: BSS
Photo: BSS

Indian security forces shot dead at least 12 Maoist rebels in central India, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to quell the long-running insurgency.

More than 10,000 people have died in the decades-long insurgency waged by the rebels, who say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised Indigenous people.

The firefight broke out yesterday (16 January) in the forested areas of Bijapur district in the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the heartland of the insurgency.

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"We have received information of the killing of 12 Maoists in encounters with the security forces," senior police official Sundarraj P told AFP.

A crackdown by security forces has killed more than 200 rebels in the past year, an overwhelming majority in Chhattisgarh, according to government data.

Amit Shah, India's interior minister, said last year the government expected to crush the rebellion by 2026.

The conflict has seen a number of deadly attacks on government forces over the years.

Earlier this month, a roadside bomb killed at least nine Indian troops.

A week after that, Indian troops killed at least five guerillas and a separate bomb blast wounded two police officers.

Twenty-two police and paramilitary members were killed in a gun battle with the far-left guerrillas in 2021.

Sixteen commandos were also killed in the western state of Maharashtra in a bomb attack that was blamed on the Maoists in the lead-up to national elections in 2019.

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