Kurusnar encounter
District Kanker Date-21.03.2025: Bodies of 04 uniformed Maoists recovered in the police-Naxalite encounter that took place on 20.03.2025 in the Kurusnar forest hilly area of Thana Chhotebethiya, District Kanker. Uniformed Naxalite Maoist 01 Military Company Number 05 member Reward Rs. 8 lakhs l 01 Platoon Number- 17/ Kiskorodo LOS member Reward Rs. 2 lakhs l 01 SLR, 01 303 rifle automatic, semi-automatic along with ammunition and other Naxalite material recovered. Joint action of BSF jawans with Kanker DRG While giving information about the encounter by Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police, District Kanker Indira Kalyan Elesela, Deputy Inspector General BSF Sector (Bhanupratappur) Vipul Mohan Bala, it was said that under the Naxal eradication campaign in Kanker district, anti-Naxal operation is being continuously conducted against the Naxalites. In this connection, based on the intelligence about the presence of Naxalites, a joint team of DRG/BSF left for Naxal patrol search in Kanker-Narayanpur border area on 18.03.2025.
During Naxal patrol search, a police-Naxalite encounter took place in the jungle hilly area of village Kurusnar of police station Chhotebethiya at around 10:00 am on 20.03.2025. After the encounter, during the search operation, the police party recovered the bodies of 04 Maoists (03 men, 01 woman) from the spot. The details of the bodies of the recovered Naxalites are as follows.
◼️Lokesh Hemla Company number-05 member reward 08 lakh rupees.
◼️Jagat alias Gagan Platoon number 17 / Kiskorodo LOS member reward 02 lakh rupees.
◼️Identification process of 01 other unknown male and 01 unknown female Maoist is being done.
◼️Lokesh Hemla has 06 cases of murder and other serious crimes registered against him.
Weapons and other Naxalite material recovered-l
◼️SLR-01 piece, Magazine-01 piece
◼️303 rifle-01 piece, round-09 pieces
◼️12 bore-01 piece
◼️BGL-01 piece, BGL cell-03 pieces
◼️Country made pistol-01 piece, round-07 pieces
◼️Naxal pouch and backpack
◼️Naxal literature
◼️Large quantity of other Naxalite material of daily use was recovered.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P. informed that as per the intention of the government and the wishes of the people, under the guidance of Police Headquarters, DRG/STF/Bastar Fighters/CoBRA/CRPF/BSF/ITBP/CAF and all other security force members deployed in Bastar Range are dedicatedly working for peace, security and development of Bastar region with strong morale and clear goals. In the year 2025, as a result of effective anti-Maoist operation against the banned and illegal CPI Maoist organization by the security forces under Bastar Division, a total of 97 bodies of hardcore Maoists were recovered in the last 80 days. In which 05 bodies of Maoists were recovered in District- Kanker in the year 2025.