Police and paramilitary forces intensified search operation four days after 16 people, including 15 security personnel, were ambushed and killed by the rebels in the forested area of Bastar, officials said here on Saturday.
During last three days, the jawans have been divided into several groups and have been combing different places including the area located on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border.
Search operation has been intensified in Tulsi Dongri area, located close to the border of Odisha. Sources said the rebels also were playing a hide and seek game with them by changing their location from one place to other.
Meanwhile, ADGP Naxal Operations RK Viz confirmed that intensive search operation was on in Jeeram-Darbha valley where the Jeeram carnage took place.
Police suspected the presence of regional committee secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of India -Maoist (CPI-Maost) Ganesh Uike in the Maoist incident at Tahakvada.
Besides police have also registered cases against Uike and 21 other people charging them under 15 different sections of Indian Penal and criminal procedure codes.
Information reaching here suggested that the security forces had destroyed some rebel camps and their memorials.
The Tongapal police have registered cases against Darbha divisional committee secretary Surendra, and his associates Shankar, Vinod, Sumitra, Deba, Sonadhar, Sanna Surender, Raghu, Sukhram, Pojja, Jamili, Masa, Naresh, Anil, Hidme Debe, luckey, Jogi, Budharam and others.
Sources said more than three hundred central reserve police force (CRPF) personals have been deputed from Raipur to the Sukma area. These teams have been conducting search operation in sensitive area like Chintalnar and Jagargunda.
The forces raided the Tulsi Gondar hilly area with the help of ASTF of Odisha.