New Delhi: For the first time three states, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have launched a joint operation to combat Naxalites.
On Tuesday, 14 Naxals were killed in an encounter in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
A 1,000-strong police commando force from the three states were deployed in the Naxal stronghold of Bastar in Chhattisgarh where they targeted forest camps in two separate operations.
Chhattisgarh Police say that at least three big Naxalite camps and a dozen smaller ones have been destroyed.
In the first operation, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra police targeted Naxalites in the Abujhmad forests bordering Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.
The Greyhounds, Andhra’s anti-Naxal force, and Chhattisgarh Police commandos carried out the second operation in the forests of south Bastar region.
No casualties were reported, but weapons, provisions and Naxalite literature were seized.
The state police have confirmed that from now on, such operations will be carried out regularly.
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