Raipur, May 23 -- The District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans celebrated the operation, in which 27 naxals were neutralised, including the general secretary of the banned Maoist organisation, Basavaraju.

In the videos, the personnel were seen dancing and celebrating the operation's success among each other. Despite the rain, personnel enjoyed the splashes and danced to songs by playing with colour.

The relatives of the DRG personnel welcomed them with arti and chanted "Bharat Mata ki Jai."

The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Thursday said CPI (Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter on Wedenesday, had an active role in the planning of many Naxalite attacks on security for...