As per reports, two Maoists were gunned down during a joint operation involving the personnel of Odisha and Chhattisgarh police, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). A gunfight took place at the border of Odisha’s Nuapada and Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district. Following the encounter, the security forces seized large quantities of arms, ammunition, and other materials from the location of the incident.

During the operation, four Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were defused that were planted by the Maoists. The joint operation took place following intelligence inputs resulting in the anti-Naxal operation in the Kularighat reserve forest at the inter-state border.