New Delhi, May 7 -- Security forces have killed a total of 22 Maoists in what is the largest operation this year against left-wing extremists in the Karregutta hills, located along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. The offensive, launched on 21 April from Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, involves approximately 20,000 personnel and is being led by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in conjunction with units of the Chhattisgarh Police.

The operation has now entered its 18th day, with over a dozen security personnel-including members of the CRPF's CoBRA unit and Chhattisgarh Police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF)-sustaining injuries. Among those wounded is Assistant Commandant Sagar Borade of CoBRA, who tr...