Reibull: Police said Friday that in the next few days, in the cards of the Karregutta Hill Mountains on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, multiple anti-Naxal operations were circulated throughout the mountains to completely disinfect the forest terrain spanning 800 square kilometers, once considered an incredibly furry fortress for Maoists.
Sources revealed to the newspaper that the security agency’s top brass is now busy analyzing the recent 21-day operation of Karregutta Hills, in English as the Black Forest, and planning for the next operating cycle in the region.
“We now dominate the region after the 21-day anti-Naxal operation ended on May 11. However, many operational cycles are required in the region to make it completely lacking in Maoist influence,” a senior police officer, a senior officer involved in shaping anti-Naxal strategies, told the newspaper that it was requested not to cite the newspaper.
He added that the challenging geographical location of the hillside and rugged terrain poses a serious challenge to security forces to completely clean up Maoist areas.
Police released a video on Friday showing security forces’ invasions in Maoist strongholds in the Karregutta Hills.
The Karregutta Hills range is 700 to 900 feet in some locations, and it is difficult to scale the hills due to steep and rough cliffs.
In addition, the mountain range is about seven kilometers away from the human settlements on both sides of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, making it an ideal safe haven for the leaders of Naxar.
“It is not a good counter-insurgency force to carry out operations against insurgents at such locations, and it is a completely different operation for them,” the police officer said.
There are more than 250 caves of all sizes in the mountains, and Maoists use it as shelter, storage of weapons and ammunition, weapons manufacturing facilities, hospitals and rations.
Mountains have several streams and waterfalls.
“The Maoists have stored enough rations, medicines and other essentials for at least two years. During the anti-Naxal operations, about 400 Naxals were used to take refuge on the hillside. About 4,000 kilograms of rations, such as rice and beans,” the police said.
He said the Maoist manufacturing units were built in some of the large caves in the mountain ranges used to make guns, amplified bridges, grenades, grenade launchers (BGLS) and BGL shells.
Sources said Maoists appeared to have established bases around the hills about a year and a half ago as security forces in South Bastall, especially in the Abujimad region, grew larger.
