Naxal Terror on Wane, Red Corridor Crumbles

Bringing on board forest dwellers and tribal youth that are outside famed growth story through specially designed projects should form part of a comprehensive strategy

Rohan Giri

Bharat’s security forces undertook a massive counter-terrorism operation in the state of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on April 16, 2024 to capture naxalite terrorists. In the over-night operation, 29 Naxalite terrorists were eliminated in the fierce gun battle. Shankar Rao, a notorious naxalite terrorist with reward of Rs 25 lakhs for his capture was neutralised in the campaign.

(The author is Head of Content at Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies, a New Delhi based non-partisan think-tank)