India, Feb. 10 -- Thirty-one Maoists and two security personnel were killed in a gunfight in the jungles of Indravati National Park in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said, in the biggest ambush on Left Wing Extremists this year, which took the 2025 toll to 81.

The strike followed an anti-Maoist operation by security forces which began on Friday, inspector general of police (Bastar Range) Sunderraj P said, adding that the encounter took place around 8am. The IG said the operation was launched after security forces received specific inputs about the presence of insurgents from the National Park Area Committee, of the CPI (Maoist).

"A team comprising district reserve guard (DRG), Bastar fighters, special task force (STF)...