7,000 forces, a dreaded Naxal battalion, and a hill – the operation that could deliver the biggest blow to Maoists

Officials said this push in Dandakaranya could be the “climax” of the relentless anti-Naxal operations that began in 2024 and have so far led to the killing of 363 Maoists and the “squeezing” of the Maoist leadership to the hills.