Three Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Sukma, Chhattisgarh

December 18, 2025

Chhattisgarh: Three Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday. The encounter took place in a forested hilly area under the Golapalli police station area, where a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team had launched a search operation based on intelligence.

Bodies recovered, operation ongoing
Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said that so far, the bodies of three Maoists have been recovered from the encounter site. He said the operation is ongoing and further information is awaited.

284 Maoists killed so far this year
According to PTI, with this encounter, the number of Maoists killed in encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year has reached 284. Of these, 255 Maoists were killed in the Bastar division, which includes Sukma, Bijapur, and Dantewada districts. Twenty-seven were killed in the Gariaband district of the Raipur division, and two in the Mohla-Manpur-Ambagadh Chowki district of the Durg division, reflecting the intensifying anti-Naxal operations in the state.