Thursday, 18 April 2024 CPI(Maoists) confirmed 29 deaths in Kanker, excluding Lalita. Corrected names were released. Police list matched, including Shankar Rao. Bastar range IG P Sundarraj highlighted desertion of lower rung cadres by senior colleagues in the gunfight.
A top Naxal commander, Shankar Sav Dheer, was among 18 Naxals killed in an successful operation by security forces in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. The fierce gun battle also resulted in three police personnel sustaining injuries.
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Seven Naxalites, including two women, were killed in a clash with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur-Kanker forest border. This encounter, the second major strike within 15 days, occurred..