4 Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in Balaghat, MP; huge amount of arms and explosives recovered:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Four Naxalites Killed in Balaghat: Police has achieved great success in the campaign against Naxalites in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. Police has killed four Naxalites in an encounter. This encounter took place in the hilly area of Pachama Dadar. Three female Naxalites are among the killed Naxalites. Weapons and explosives have also been recovered from them. At present, a search operation is being conducted in the area.

Special DG (Naxal) Pankaj Srivastava, while talking to news agency ANI over the phone, said, “Four Naxalites including three women have been killed in an encounter in the hilly area of Pachama Dadar of Bithali police station. A hand grenade, a rocket launcher, a 315 rifle and cartridges have been recovered. Some Naxalites fled. The search operation is ongoing.”

What did CM Mohan Yadav say?

On the Balaghat Naxalite encounter, CM Mohan Yadav said, "Under the guidance of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, Madhya Pradesh is continuously working towards its resolve to end Naxalism by March 2026. 4 Naxalites have been killed in the encounter in Balaghat, including 3 women and a man. Many weapons and ammunition including rocket launchers have been recovered from them. "He also talked about giving rewards to the policemen involved in this encounter.

4 reward-carrying Naxalites killed in Balaghat encounter

SP Aditya Mishra also gave information and said that all four Naxalites were members of GRB i.e. Gondia, Rajnandgaon, Balaghat Division. More than 25 search parties are engaged in the area. There is a possibility of finding more bodies of Naxalites. According to the information, a reward was announced on the killed Naxalites. The name of one of the killed Naxalites is being told as Deepak. The remaining three female Naxalites have been killed.

On February 19 also, 3 female Naxalites were killed

Earlier on 19 February 2025, there was an encounter between Naxalites and police in Balaghat. During this time also, the police killed three female Naxalites in the encounter. During the search operation in Giri police station area of Balaghat district, the security forces had an encounter with the Naxalites, in which three female Naxalites were killed. A large quantity of weapons and ammunition were recovered during the search operation.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav congratulated the state police for the success achieved in Balaghat in the campaign being run against Naxalites. During this, the CM said that the central government is committed to eradicate Naxalism from all the states by the year 2026 and the state government is fully active to achieve this target.