New Delhi, February 18 Security forces, led by the CRPF, have launched a comprehensive operation called 'KGH 2' along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border to eliminate some senior Naxal commanders, officials said on Wednesday.
The forces are specifically targeting two leaders of the CPI(Maoist), including Devji alias Chetan, a member of the central committee, and Kesa Sodhi, a junior cadre, they said.
Approximately 2,000 troops from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Chhattisgarh Police are involved in the operation, which began on Tuesday, officials said.
The operation has been named 'KGH 2', with security forces deployed across areas like Nambi and Korgotalu Hills (KGH).
The operation is part of the Union government's declaration to eradicate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from the country by March 2026, they said.
The CRPF, along with its jungle warfare commando unit CoBRA, and the Chhattisgarh Police conducted the three-week-long 'Operation Black Forest' at the Korgotalu Hills, also known as Karregutta Hills, between April-May 2025, killing 31 Maoists and seizing a large quantity of weapons and ammunition.
The operation was hailed as the "biggest offensive" ever undertaken against the Maoists.
