During the past two years, police have seized 45 automatic weapons from the Naxals during various anti-Naxal operations that happened in the restive Bastar region, claimed Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Bastar) SRP Kalluri.
“Police and paramilitary forces have achieved commendable success in the fight against Naxals in North Bastar region. Similar kind of operations would be carried out in other parts of Bastar,” IGP Kalluri told reporters.
He further said that joint operations are being carried out concurrently in all parts of Bastar region.
Speaking on the backdrop of killing of Mundagaon Naxal lOS Deputy Commander Boti Kashyap at Narayanpur wherein a 12 bore gun a SlR and other items were seized, the IGP said that whatever security forces get after encounter or searching are made public.
He said that from June 2014 and by 2016, 45 automatic arms have been recovered from left-wing insurgents.
Notably, according to a report of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs; during the same period 1,915 arms have been recovered from left wing extremists from various parts of the country.
The report further says that during the aforementioned period 1,120 Naxals incidents happened in Chhattisgarh wherein 306 people lost their lives.
