Union home minister Amit Shah during his review meeting of the inter-state coordination committee in Raipur in August this year declared that the country will be free from the Maoist menace by March 2026.So far 185 cadres of the Maoists have been neutralised by security forces, 663 cadres arrested and 556 surrendered this year since January in the conflict-ridden Bastar zone, south Chhattisgarh.Since 2019 there were 277 new camps of central armed police forces (CAPF) that were set up to fill the security vacuum in the Maoist-affected areas of the state.Encounters seen as major success in Bastar this year27 March: 6 Maoists killed in Bijapur02 April: 13 Maoists killed in Bijapur06 April: 3 Maoists kiled along C’garh-Telangana border16 April: 29 Maoists killed in Kanker30 April: 9 Maoists killed at inter-district border Narayanpur-Kanker23 May: 7 Maoists killed on inter-district border Narayanpur-Bijapur06 June: 7 Maoists killed on Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kondagaon15 June: 8 Maoists killed in Narayanpur29 Aug: 3 Woman Maoists killed on borders of Kanker-Narayanpur03 Sept: 9 Maoists killed on inter-district border Dantewada-Bijapur25 Sept: 3 Maoists killed In Narayanpur04 Oct: 28 Maoists killed on inter-district border Dantewada-NarayanpurMaoists killed in the last five years2019: 652020: 402021: 512022: 302023: 202024 (till Oct 04): 185
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