Raipur, May 1 -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday met with the 'victims of naxalism,' the people who have lost their body parts due to blasts. The CM said that the people have requested that the ongoing anti-naxal operation in the Karragutta Hills on the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana be continued.

The Chief Minister claimed that several "institutions" want the operations to be halted.

"The victims of Naxalism from various places, like Sukma, Bijapur, Kanker and other areas, who got injured or lost a body part have come to meet me today. Some people have lost their eyes, or legs. They are requesting that the ongoing Naxal operation continues in the Karragutta Hills on the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana,...