Two Maoists, including a Local Organisation Squad Commander carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh on his head, were killed by security forces during an operation in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma on Wednesday (June 11, 2025), the police said. Earlier, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that such anti-Maoist operations, which are usually dormant during the rainy season, would continue through the monsoon.
Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran S. Chavan said that a joint team of Kukanar Police Station staff and Sukma District Reserve Guards had launched a search operation on Tuesday (June 10, 2025) afternoon, based on reliable intelligence inputs regarding the presence of cadres of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the region.
Maoist commander killed
During the search operation, which began around 2 p.m., there were multiple exchanges of fire between the security forces and the Maoists. “Following the exchange of fire, the dead bodies of two Maoists, including that of a woman cadre, have been recovered from the site,” Mr. Chavan.
Preliminary identification efforts indicated that one of the deceased was Baman, the Local Organisation Squad Commander of Pedaras, who was carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh on his head, Mr. Chavan said. The identity of the female Maoist cadre recovered after the encounter is yet to be ascertained.
