Operation Black Forest

Achieving a historic success in the resolve of a ‘Naxal-free India,’ the security forces have killed 31 Naxalites in the biggest-ever operation against Naxalism, on the Karreguttalu Hill (KGH) at the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border.

• Karreguttalu Hill was the Unified Headquarters of major Naxal organizations like the PLGA Battalion 1, DKSZC, TSC, and CRC, where Naxal training, as well as the creation of strategies and weapons, used to take place.

• The hill was not only a base for training but also a centre for planning strategies and manufacturing weapons.

• The operation, named ‘Operation Black Forest,’ spanned an extensive area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres.

• The Karregutta hills, which literally translates into the ‘The black forest’ hills, are stated to be 700 metres high and thickly-wooded, with officials claiming that the terrain makes it difficult to scale.

(Source: PIB)