At least 31 alleged Maoist rebels,

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The Indian police killed 31 alleged Maoist rebels in what is called “greatest operation” against the long -term uprising.

The security forces spent 21 days to catch the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in Central India, Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.

Shah described the operation as a “historical breakthrough” and said the security forces performed the “greatest operation of all time” against the rebels and killed 31 of them in Karreguttalu Hill, which is considered a Maoist stronghold.

The Indian authorities have been fighting in several central and northern states in several central and northern states since 1967, which are inspired by the Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. In the decades, attacks on government troops have inspired to overthrow the state in the decades, and inspired them, Usher in a classless society.

“Our security forces have completed this largest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days, and I am extremely glad that the security forces in this operation did not have a single victim,” wrote Shah about X and congratulated the soldiers on “courage and courage”.

“So far, a total of 214 Naxal hiding places and bunkers have been destroyed in this operation,” said a statement by the Interior Ministry that hundreds of explosives were restored during the search.

In India, the insurgents are known as Naxalites in India to Naxalbari, a village in the state of West Bengal, where they came in the late 1960s.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed The operation in a contribution to X.

“This success of the security forces shows that our campaign moves naxalism in the right direction. We are fully obliged to create peace in the areas affected by Naxal and to combine them with the mainstream of development,” said Modi.

The Indian government has depressed and susceptible to abuse in areas where Maoist groups are active, which was criticized by some observers.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, the supply of violence from rebel groups fell from 1,936 in 2010 to 374 in 2024. The total number of deaths of civil and security forces has also dropped by 85% during this period.

But villagers who live in Maoist areas are largely cut off from the rapidly growing economy of the country, and many live in fear, both rebels that take their children as recruits and violent government attacks. Some villagers in Chhattisgarh previously informed CNN that they were forced to pay taxes to the Maoists or abuse or even torture. But if they paid off, they risked by state armed forces to be called Maoist sympathizers.

At least 31 alleged Maoist rebels and two police officers were killed in February, which the police described as the deadliest struggle this year.

In 2021, 22 members of the Indian security forces were killed and in 2021 injured in a four -hour weapon battle with insurgents in 2021.