In a major well-coordinated 48-hour-long operation, police and security forces have busted an arms manufacturing unit of outlawed Maoists in Gadchiroli district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Nearly 70-odd officers and men of the Gadchiroli police were involved in the operation, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh told reporters in the Vidhan Bhavan complex in Mumbai.
According to him, it was a successful Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) against the Maoists. “I would like to congratulate all the police personnel involved in the operation. It was a huge success,” he said.
One jawan sustained injury in his leg because of a bullet injury, in the operation at the remote and virtually inaccessible core areas of the rebels. “His condition is stable,” said Deshmukh. Air support was provided to the police team – and a helicopter was sent out to assist the policemen during the action that was based on pin-pointed intelligence.
A large number of paramilitary forces, along with state police, were sent to the spot to help the C-60 squad of elite commandos during the operation along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. The operation was led by Deputy Inspector General Sandeep Patil and Superintendent of Police Ankit Tyagi. The casualties inflicted on the other side is not yet known.
Published 05 March 2021, 13:52 IST