More than 26 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces along the Narayanpur-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. The development comes after an encounter broke out between security forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Wednesday, a police official said. Naxalites opened fire when teams of District Reserve Guards of police from four districts were out on an operation in the Abhujmad area following intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres of the Mad division of Maoists, he said. The gunfight was still underway, and further details were awaited, the official added. 
Earlier this month, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that security forces killed 31 notorious Naxals in the Kurraguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border in the biggest ever operation against Naxalism.
In a post on X, Shah said, "Achieving a historic breakthrough in the resolve of #NaxalFreeBharat security forces killed 31 notorious naxalites in the Kurraguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border in the biggest ever operation against Naxalism."
Congratulating the CRPF, STF and DRG soldiers on the successful completion of the operation, Home Minister Shah said that the security forces completed the biggest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days."The hill on which the red terror once reigned, today the tricolour is flying proudly. Kurraguttalu hill was the unified headquarters of big Naxal organisations like PLGA Battalion 1, DKSZC, TSC & CRC, where along with Naxal training, strategies and weapons were also developed. Our security forces completed this biggest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days and I am extremely happy that there was not a single casualty in the security forces in this operation. I congratulate our CRPF, STF and DRG soldiers who faced the Naxalites with their bravery and courage even in bad weather and inaccessible mountainous area. The whole country is proud of you," Home Minister Shah said.
The Home Minister reaffirmed the central government's stance on Naxalism, saying that India will be Naxal-free by March 31, 2026."Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, we are determined to root out Naxalism. I once again assure the countrymen that India is sure to be Naxal-free by 31 March 2026," he said.
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Gyanendra Pratap Singh, confirmed that 31 Naxals were neutralised, with 28 identified.