Who Was Dilip Bedja? Naxal Leader Killed in Chhattisgarh’s National Park Operation

Raipur: Security forces killed four Naxals, including senior cadre Dilip Bedja, during an operation in Bijapur district on Sunday, delivering a significant blow to the Maoist presence in the National Park area. Dy CM Sharma said, "Four Naxals have been killed, one of whom is a big name, Dilip Bedja, who had been active in the National Park area for a long time. Many efforts were made to bring him into the mainstream, but ultimately, the security forces took him down. Now the National Park area is also almost free from Naxals."On Saturday, security forces recovered the bodies of two Maoist cadres along with automatic weapons from an encounter site in Bijapur, in Chhattisgarh’s northwestern region, officials said. Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav said a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), CoBRA and the Special Task Force (STF) launched a search operation in the northwestern region after receiving intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist National Park Area Committee Divisional Committee Member (DVCM) Dilip Bedja and other armed cadres in the forested and hilly terrain. According to an official statement, preliminary identification indicates that one of the slain Maoists is Dilip Bedja, a Divisional Committee Member (DVCM) of the National Park Area Committee."So far, during the search operation, the bodies of two male Maoist cadres and graded automatic weapons like AK-47s have been recovered from the encounter site," the statement read. Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam said that despite difficult terrain and other challenging conditions, DRG, CoBRA and STF personnel carried out decisive operations against armed Maoist cadres with exceptional courage and commitment. For the Latest news, India News and breaking stories from around the world, visit Times Now for live coverage and in-depth reporting. Latest News city'They Kept Giving Excuses': How a Delivery Agent Risked His Life to Save Noida Techie Trapped in Sinking CarsportsDaryl Mitchell Breaks 44-Year-Old World Record, Becomes First Player In History Alongside Ab de Villiers To... delhiInside Umar Nabi’s Deadly Plot: How Delhi Blast Mastermind Recruited and Lost His Second Bomberbusiness economyTrump’s Greenland Tariff Threats to NATO Allies - What It Means for Gold, Silver and Dalal StreetsportsUnstoppable An Se Young Thrashes Wang Zhiyi to Clinch India Open Title, Extends Winning Streak to 30 Matchesentertainment newsBigg Boss Kannada Season 12 Finale: Date, Timing, Finalists, Prize Money — All You Need To Know About Kichcha Sudeep’s ShowautoI Took My EV From Noida to Jaipur and Learned the Hard Way That Range Anxiety Is Real - Here Are The Biggest Learningsentertainment newsKiara Advani Reacts To Old Video Of Bumping Into Sidharth Malhotra: 2016 Feels Special NowMegha Rawat authorMegha Rawat is an Assistant News Editor at Times Now, where she drives the national news narrative with sharp political reporting, election coverage a...