NEW DELHI: Indian security forces shot dead at least 28 Maoist rebels on Friday ( Oct 4 ) during a firefight, days after the country’s home minister warned the insurgents to surrender or face an “all-out” assault.
More than 10, 000 people have died in a decades-long rebellion waged by the Naxalite activity in India’s resource-rich cultural strongholds.
At least 190 rebels have been killed by a security force assault this yr, according to authorities data, and the insurgency has significantly decreased in recent years.
Friday’s shootout took position in the northern state of Chhattisgarh, the homeland of the insurgent motion, which claims to be fighting on behalf of subjugated rural and tribal areas.
” Full 28 Maoist lifeless bodies have been recovered”, Bastar place police chief P Sunarraj told AFP.
One member of the Indian safety troops had a “minor injury,” according to Narayanpur city police superintendent Creation Kumar, who was notified by AFP that he had been escorted by plane and was now healthy.  ,
The fight occurred in Abujhmad forest, a distant and sparsely populated area of southeastern Chhattisgarh.
Kumar claimed that the joint operation between the police and various security forces in India was still being conducted.