Weapons, explosives seized after encounter with Maoists on Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border

Security personnel shows the cartridges recovered from the Maoists after a meeting in the Gadchiroli or Maharashtra district. File photo | Photo credit: PTI

Police on Monday (May 12, 2025) recovered two weapons, several live rounds, detonators and other materials belonging to Maoists after a fire exchange with them in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, near the Chhattisgarh border.

Exchange Tok’s place in three locations and lasted two hours, said a launch of the Gadchiroli Police Superintendent office (SP).

Police received intelligence contributions on Sunday (May 11) in the afternoon that Bhamragad Dalam de Maoist established a camp on the border of Maharashtra-Chaattisgarh near a newly left Kawande in Gadchiroli, he said.

According to these entries, an operation comprising approximately 200 C-60 commands, a specialized police unit in charge of combating Maoist violence, directed by SP M. Ramesh, additional was launched on Sunday night, the statement added.

On Monday (May 12) in the morning, when the police unit carried out the operation, the Maoists began to shoot the issue indisriminatedly, which led to a strong retaliation for Unit C-60. The intermittent fire exchange with Maoists took place in three locations for a period of two hours.

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C-60 commands completely destroyed the camp established by Maoists.

Chanss of some Maoists being injured/killed and that were dredged by others cannot be discarded, according to the statement.