At least 22 Maoist rebels were killed in the jungles of central India on Thursday in one of the deadliest clashes since the government ramped up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency.<\/p>\n
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the decades-long \u201cNaxalite\u201d rebellion, whose members say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised people in India\u2019s resource-rich central regions.<\/p>\n
An Indian paramilitary soldier was also killed in one of two separate skirmishes that broke out in Chhattisgarh state, both of which carried on through the day, according to police.<\/p>\n
\u201c22 Naxalites were killed in 2 separate operations of our security forces,\u201d Amit Shah, Indian interior minister, wrote on social media platform X, using the common Indian name for the insurgent movement.<\/p>\n
Police said the soldier had been killed during a skirmish that broke out soon after dawn in Bijapur district, where 18 guerrillas had also been killed.<\/p>\n
Another four rebels were killed in a separate clash in the state\u2019s south. Searches were continuing at both battle sites, with security forces recovering caches of arms and ammunition from both areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe (Narendra) Modi government is moving forward with a ruthless approach against Naxalites and is adopting a zero tolerance policy against those Naxalites who are not surrendering,\u201d Shah wrote on social media platform X.<\/p>\n
The rebels, known as Naxalites after the district where their armed campaign began in 1967, were inspired by the Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.<\/p>\n
Shah has repeatedly vowed that India\u2019s government would crush the remnants of the rebellion by the end of March next year.<\/p>\n
A crackdown by security forces killed around 287 rebels last year, an overwhelming majority of them in Chhattisgarh, according to government data.<\/p>\n
More than 80 Maoists had already been killed so far this year, according to a tally on Sunday by the Press Trust of India news agency.<\/p>\n
The Maoists demand land, jobs and a share of the region\u2019s immense natural resources for local residents.<\/p>\n
They made inroads in a number of remote communities across India\u2019s east and south, and the movement gained in strength and numbers until the early 2000s.<\/p>\n
New Delhi then deployed tens of thousands of troops in a stretch of territory known as the \u201cRed Corridor\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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