Raipur: More than 90 Maoist militants were killed and 12 terror camps dismantled during the government's anti-Maoist Operation Green Hunt, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar said on Thursday.
"As many as 90 Maoists were killed and 12 of their terror camps were destroyed till Feb 27 this year in the state's Bastar region under Operation Green Hunt," the minister told the assembly during question hour.
The minister did not mention the date when the operation was launched in the state and also skipped a question from his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) colleague Devjibhai Patel about how many policemen were killed during the sweeping crackdown on the ultras.
When Patel pressed for a number, the minister said: "I'm sure they (policemen) are just a few... situation in the state is far better now compared to the earlier situation when policemen were getting killed without inflicting many casualties to the enemies."
Officials here say that Operation Green Hunt was launched in the state in September-October in 2009 and the majority of the 12 terror camps were destroyed during the operation. The terror camps were in the forested areas of Narayanpur, Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Bastar, spread over an area of 40,000 sq km.
IANS
First Published: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 17:18