Two front success stories figure in headlines in India today. First, it’s the Sindoor operation against Pakistan-based terrorists. Second, anti-Naxal operation resulted in the killing of over two dozen left-wing terrorists.

This became apparent after police confirmed that as many as 26 Naxals have been neutralised in an encounter with the security forces in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh.

It is learnt that some big names of Naxals belonging to the dreaded CPI( Maoist) were killed in the encounter.

According to the Chhattisgarh police, a major anti-Naxal operation was earlier underway in the forested Abujhmad region of Narayanpur district, where an encounter broke out between Naxals and District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans.

The operation, which began on Wednesday morning in the forested Abujhmad area, involved DRG personnel from Narayanpur, Bijapur and Dantewada districts. Security forces reportedly surrounded top Naxal leaders in the exchange.

Naxalites opened fire when District Reserve Guard teams from four districts launched an operation in the area based on intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres from the Maoists' Mad division, the police said.

This comes just two weeks after 15 Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, near the Karregutta Hills along the Telangana border.