Overview

• Renuka aka Banu, a senior Maoist leader and state zonal committee member, was killed in a security operation in Dantewada on March 31, 2025.
• The encounter occurred at approximately 9am in a forested area along the Dantewada-Bijapur border.
• An Insas rifle was recovered from the site, highlighting the operational capabilities of the Maoist insurgents.
• This development follows the killing of 18 Maoists, including 11 female cadres, in Sukma and Bijapur just two days earlier.
• Search operations remain ongoing in the region as part of the government’s intensified efforts to dismantle Maoist networks by 2026.