Nambala Keshavrao, jo ki Basavaraju ke naam se bhi jaane jaate hain, shayad un 27 Maoists mein se ek hain jo Chhattisgarh ke Narayanpur zile mein suraksha balon ke saath ek takraar mein mare gaye hain, sources ke mutabik. Takraar lagbhag 50 ghanton se Narayanpur-Bijapur seema ke saath jari hai. Takraar tab shuru hui jab Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur aur Kondagaon ke chaar zilon ke District Reserve Guard ke jawan Abujhmad kshetra mein ek operation ke liye nikle, Maoists ke Maad vibhag ke senior cadres ki maujoodgi par intelijans inputs ke baad. Basavaraju pehle Central Military Commission ke mukhya the aur baad mein General Secretary ban gaye, Maoist shreni mein sabse uchi pad par. Unhe National Investigation Agency (NIA) aur Telangana aur Andhra Pradesh ke police balon dawara talash kiya gaya tha aur un par 1.5 crore rupaye ka inam rakha gaya tha. Adhikari kahte hain ki unki maut kshetra mein aatankwad ko bada dhakka hai, jo Maoist netai aur punargathan prayason ko bigad sakta hai. Madhu, Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee ke neta, bhi mara gaya tha, sources ke mutabik. Chhattisgarh ke Up Mukhyamantri Arun Sao ne operation ka safal hone ka samarthan diya aur kaha ki rajya 2026 tak Maoist-mukt banne ka sankalp hai. “Main Union Home Minister Amit Shah aur (Chhattisgarh ke ghar mantri) Vijay Sharma ko badhai deta hoon aur sabhi hamare balon ko bhi badhai deta hoon ki ve 40 se 42 degree Celsius ki tapmaan mein operations kar rahe hain. Bastar ke log shanti aur vikas chahte hain,” unhone kaha. Takraar ek mahine ke baad aayi jab suraksha balon ne Chhattisgarh-Telangana seema ke paas Karreguttalu Hill (KGH) ke aas-paas Maoist ki maujoodgi ko rokne ke liye ‘Operation Black Forest’ shuru kiya. 21 dinon tak chalne wale operation mein Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) aur rajya police ne 31 Maoists ko mara, jin par 1.72 crore rupaye ka inam tha. 214 Maoist chhupne ki jagah aur bunkers nasht kiye gaye, Improvised Explosive Devices, BGL shells, detonators aur visfotak material seize kiya gaya aur lagbhag 12,000 kilogram bhojan samagri bhi baramad ki gayi. Pichhle hafte, 24 Maoists, jisme se 14 ke sir par milakar 28.50 lakh rupaye ka inam tha, Bijapur zile mein sharnarthi hue.
