Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)
According to the police, a member of the Naxal group, who had a bounty of 1 crore rupees on his head, was also killed
With the resolve for a Naxal-free India and joint efforts of security forces, Naxalism is breathing its last today, Shah said.
“Another mighty blow to Naxalism. Our security forces achieved major success towards building a Naxal-free Bharat. The CRPF, SoG Odisha, and Chhattisgarh Police neutralised 14 Naxalites in a joint operation along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border,” Shah wrote on X.
An official said the Maoists were killed in a fresh exchange of fire that took place late Monday and early Tuesday morning in a forest under the Mainpur police station area along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border.
