India, Sept. 7 -- Security forces will open more than 30 new forward bases and special units of the CRPF and its CoBRA battalion will further move "deep inside" to target top Maoist leaders in Chhattisgarh as part of a fresh plan drawn to meet the deadline of ending Naxalism from the country by March 2026, offical sources said Saturday.
A high-level meeting was held in state capital Raipur on Friday with Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) Tapan Deka, CRPF Director General (DG) Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Chhattisgarh DGP Arun Dev Gautam and other senior officials in attendance.
The meeting on anti-Naxal operations reviewed the deployment of the forces and their requirements for the new units, which wil...