Narayanpur, May 21 -- The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Wednesday said that the joint operation that killed 27 naxals, including CPI-M General Secretary Basavaraju, was carried out by District Reserve Guard (DRG) teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Kondagaon.

Sundarraj further added that the encounter took place in the Abujmarh area, a known Naxal stronghold, following intelligence inputs about the presence of senior Maoist leaders.

Speaking to ANI, IG Bastar P Sundarraj said, "In the border area of Bijapur, Narayanpur and Dantewada, in the Abujmarh area, we had information of the presence of banned and illegal organisation CPI-M's General Secretary Basavaraju alias BR Dada and other ...