Indian forces kill 31 suspects of Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh | News of the conflict
Two security staff were also killed in the most deadly struggle this year, and the second big fight for less than a month in Central India.
Indian security forces shot at least 31 suspects of Maoist rebels in the CHHATTISGARH Central State Forests, police said, in their biggest meeting this year.
Two security staff were also killed, while on Sunday, two injuries were sustained in the Battle of Weapons in the Indra on the Indra on the Chhattisgarhu.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers launched surgery in forests based on intelligence Maoist rebels He was gathering there, said the General of the Pattilngam Sundarraj State Inspector.
He said the toll could be greater with growing search operations. “Extra forces hurried to the meeting place,” he said.
Automatic weapons and grenade thrower were drawn from the scene, according to a police statement.
The rebels, also known as Nakxalci, followed the form of communism that was propagated by the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. They led a guerrilla war Against the Government, especially in central and eastern India, decades, which leads to periodic conflicts and victims on both sides.
“This is a great success in the direction of achieving India without Naxal,” said Indian Interior Minister Amit Shah, who said last year that the Government expects to overthrow the Maoist rebellion by 2026.
Sunday struggles are the biggest so far this year, and the second big conflict in less than a month in Chhattisgarhu, said police officer Jitenedra Yadav.
At least 16 rebels were killed in the Gariband State District on January 2nd.
Eight rebels were also killed in the fight for weapons with soldiers in Bijapur District 31.
New Delhi arranged tens of thousands of soldiers on the part of the territory known as the “Red Corridor”. The removal was killed last year by about 287 rebels, most of them in Chhattisgarhu, according to government data.
Indian soldiers have been struggling with Maoist since 1967, when the rebels began to fight to require more jobs, land and wealth from natural resources for the poor native communities in the country.
The years of neglect isolated many locals, which face the lack of jobs, schools and clinics, making them open to overture by rebels. The rebels speak the same tribal languages as many villagers and promised to fight for a better future, especially in Chhattisgarhu, one of the poorest countries in India, despite the enormous richness of minerals.
The fighters sat on the police, destroyed government offices and abducted officials. They also blew up railroads, attacked closed to release their comrades and steal weapons from police and paramilitary warehouses to arrest.