‘Historic breakthrough’ in making India Naxal-free: Shah on Karregutta ops
Home minister assures countrymen that India will be Naxal-free by March 31, 2026, after security forces eliminate 31 Maoists in 21-day operation
With the killings of 31 Maoists in the Karregutta hills along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, the security forces have achieved a historic breakthrough in making the country Naxal-free, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday (May 14).
Shah also said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is determined to root out Naxalism from the country. “I once again assure the countrymen that India is sure to be Naxal-free by March 31, 2026,” Shah wrote on X in Hindi.
The home minister said the Tricolour was now flying proudly in the hills on which red terror once reigned.
Headquarters of big Maoist organisations
Karregutta hills was the unified headquarters of big Maoist organisations such as People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) battalion No. 1, Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), Telangana State Committee (TSC), and Central Regional Committee (CRC), where, along with Naxal training, strategies and weapons were also developed, the home minister said.
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“Our 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,” he wrote.
“I congratulate our CRPF, STF and DRG soldiers who faced the Naxalites with their bravery and courage even in bad weather and inaccessible mountainous area. The whole country is proud of you,” Shah added.
Central and state security forces eliminated at least 31 Naxals in a 21-day-long comprehensive operation carried out in the dense forests around Karregutta hills, security officials said Wednesday, asserting that it is the “beginning of the end” of Maoist menace.
(With agency inputs)