2025 Bijapur clash
| 2025 Bijapur clash | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
 India | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| PLGA |
District Reserve Guard Special Task Force | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50+ | 650[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 31+ killed[2] |
2 killed[3] 2 injured | ||||||
The 2025 Bijapur clash was an encounter between Communist Party of India (Maoist) and Indian security forces in the Indravati National Park located in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, India. It was the deadliest encounter for the rebels in 2025.[4][5]
Background
The Indravati National Park has been a safe heaven for Maoists due to its large area of forests covering 2,799.08 square kilometres.[6]
Incident
The Security forces which include the District Reserve Guards and Special Task Forces were sent to the area about a tip-off about a large group of Maoists moving in the area.[7]
A fierce gunfight occurred from both sides and after the encounter, the bodies of 31 Maoists were found in the area, but police suggested there could be more killed, and a search operation was launched. Security forces also sustained casualties including one DRG personnel and one STF personnel killed and 2 others injured.[8]
The Security Forces recovered many weapons including AK-47s, INSAS, SLR's, grenade launchers, and explosive materials from the site.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "31 Maoists, two securitymen die in fierce Bastar gunbattle". Times of India. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "31 Maoists Killed, 2 Security Personnel Dead In Chhattisgarh Encounter". NDTV. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Security forces gun down 31 Maoist rebels in India's Chhattisgarh state". Reuters. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh: 31 Maoists, 2 security personnel killed in Bijapur encounter". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "31 Maoists, two security personnel killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "In one of biggest Naxal encounters yet, security forces say 31 bodies recovered from Bijapur's Indravati National Park; 2 jawans also killed". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "31 Maoists, two securitymen die in fierce Bastar gunbattle". Times of India. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh: 31 Maoists, 2 security personnel killed in Bijapur encounter". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh: 31 Maoists, 2 security personnel killed in Bijapur encounter". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 February 2025.