{"id":7671,"date":"2025-05-15T12:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/at-least-31-suspected-maoist-rebels-killed-in-indias-biggest-ever-operation-against-decades-old-insurgency\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:23:46","slug":"at-least-31-suspected-maoist-rebels-killed-in-indias-biggest-ever-operation-against-decades-old-insurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/at-least-31-suspected-maoist-rebels-killed-in-indias-biggest-ever-operation-against-decades-old-insurgency\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India\u2019s \u2018biggest ever operation\u2019 against decades-old insurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the \u201cbiggest ever operation\u201d against the long-running insurgency. <\/p>\n

Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Describing the operation as a \u201chistoric breakthrough,\u201d Shah said security forces carried out the \u201cbiggest ever operation\u201d against the rebels, killing 31 of them in Karreguttalu Hill, considered a Maoist stronghold. <\/p>\n

Indian authorities have been battling Maoist rebel groups, also known as Naxals, across several central and northern states since 1967. Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, insurgents have over the decades launched attacks on government forces in an attempt to overthrow the state and, they say, usher in a classless society. <\/p>\n

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\u201cOur security forces completed this biggest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days and I am extremely happy that there was not a single casualty in the security forces in this operation,\u201d Shah wrote on X, congratulating the soldiers for their \u201cbravery and courage.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, a total of 214 Naxal hideouts and bunkers have been destroyed in this operation,\u201d a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs said, adding that hundreds of explosives were recovered during the search. <\/p>\n

The insurgents are known as Naxalites in India after Naxalbari, a village in West Bengal state where they originated in the late 1960s. <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed <\/strong>the operation in a post on X. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis success of the security forces shows that our campaign towards rooting out Naxalism is moving in the right direction. We are fully committed to establishing peace in the Naxal-affected areas and connecting them with the mainstream of development,\u201d Modi said. <\/p>\n

The Indian government has cracked down in areas where Maoist groups are active \u2013 an approach that, while appearing to reduce the threat level, has been criticized by some observers as heavy-handed and prone to abuse. <\/p>\n

Incidents of violence by rebel groups fell from 1,936 in 2010 to 374 in 2024, according to data from the home ministry. The total number of civilian and security-forces deaths have also fallen by 85% during this period, the data shows. <\/p>\n

At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels and two police officials were killed in February, in what was described by police as the deadliest combat this year so far. <\/p>\n

In 2021, 22 Indian security force members were killed and 31 injured in 2021 during a four-hour gun battle with insurgents, officials said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n

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