Silence, Footsteps, Then Gunfire: 29 Maoists Killed In Massive Forest Op

Raipur: A trudge through a dense jungle with footsteps being the only sound you hear, and then the silence is shattered by the piercing sound of gunshots.security personnel shows a glimpse of what it took to carry out Chhattisgarh’s biggest anti-Maoist operation, which left 29 rebels dead on Tuesday. The dead Maoists included a senior leader, Shankar Rao, who had a bounty of ₹ 25 lakh on his head.The gunfight took place around 2 pm in the Hapatola forest near Binagunda village in Kanker district and was carried out by a joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG). Three people were injured – two from the BSF and one from the DRG.The minute-long video shows security personnel walking through the jungle when suddenly, 20 seconds in, one of them fires two shots from his rifle. Shouting is heard from various sides and the man shooting the video then warns personnel ahead of him to tread carefully and not rush ahead.”Peeche se koi fire nahin karega bhai (no one should fire from behind),” he warns his fellow personnel and the video ends with him repeating the warning.