A total of 80 left Wing Extremist (lWE) cadres were killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh between March 2017 to March 2018, the Union Home Ministry has informed.
A total of 31 Maoists were also nabbed by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers in Bastar during the month of March 2018, the CRPF data has informed.
A total of 78 IEDs were recovered by CRPF personnel weighing 459 kgs as on April 6, 2017 during 2017-18 from insurgency hit pockets of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, a data of Union Home Ministry had revealed.
CRPF recovered 14 IEDs planted by Maoists with total weight of 82 kgs during its anti-insurgency operations in various districts of Bastar during the month of November 2017, the CRPF monthly action data had informed.