12 May,2025 05:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The entire camp was destroyed during the operation, police said. Pic/Gadchiroli Police
In a major success for ongoing anti-Naxal operations in state, the Gadchiroli Police busted a Maoist camp near the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border on Monday morning, police said.
According to the police, the operation was carried out based on specific intelligence received on Sunday afternoon, which indicated that the Bhamragad Dalam, an armed Maoist unit, had set up a hideout near the newly opened Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Kawande.
Acting on the information, a team of around 200 C60 commandos, led by Additional SP Admin M Ramesh, was mobilised by evening. During the early morning search operation on May 12, Maoist cadres opened fire on the security forces.
The commandos retaliated strongly, and an exchange of gunfire took place at three different locations over a span of two hours, police said.
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After the encounter, a detailed search of the area led to the recovery of several weapons and items, including one INSAS rifle, one single-shot rifle, a magazine with live rounds, detonators, a radio set, wireless charger, three backpacks, and a large cache of Maoist literature and personal belongings, police officials said.
The entire camp was destroyed during the operation, they said.
"In the operation the camp was destroyed completely by the C60 commandos. There area high chances of Maoists getting injured or killed, it is suspected that they were dragged away by other Maoists.
Further operations in area is continuing.
Gadchiroli Police nab man involved in series of thefts, recover stolen items worth Rs 2.51 lakh
Meanwhile, the Gadchiroli Police on Sunday said that it has arrested a man who was allegedly involved in a series of thefts in the district which took place recently and has recovered stolen items worth Rs 2.51 lakh.
According to the police, the accused has been identified as 20-year-old Akash Nagaya Kottapelli, a resident of Kottapelli, Sironcha Taluka, had been involved in series of theft cases reported in the Sironcha area in Gadchiroli.
The police said that he has confessed to committing 11 thefts in and around the Sironcha Police Station limits and Asaralli area.
Acting on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Neelotpal and In-Charge SP Yatish Deshmukh, a team from the Sironcha Police Station began investigating recent thefts in the area. On the night of May 9, 2025, based on confidential information received during a night patrol, Sub-Inspector Prajwali Kulkarni and the team detained a suspicious person matching the description of the wanted accused.
When questioned, the suspect gave vague and misleading answers.
"He was taken to the police station for further interrogation. During questioning, he admitted to being involved in multiple thefts in the Sironcha area," the police officials said.
The cops then searched the locations mentioned by the accused and recovered stolen items including electronic gadgets, construction tools, household goods, clothing, and mobile phones, all worth a total of Rs 2,51,700.
