operation green hunt in AP by Indian Air Force | IAF will start searching Naxals

operation green hunt in AP by Indian Air Force | IAF will start searching Naxals

Operation Green Hunt is the name used by the Indian media to describe the Government of India’s ongoing paramilitary offensive against the Naxalite rebels. The operation began in November 2009 along five states in the “Red Corridor.”[3]
The term was coined by the Chhattisgarh police officials to describe one successful drive against CPI (M) in the state. It was erroneously used by the media to describe the wider anti-Naxalite operations; the Government of India doesn’t use the term “Operation Green Hunt” to describe its anti-Naxalite offensive.

Maoist response

As a response to the offensive, the insurgents launched several high-profile attacks on the Indian security forces:
On February 15, 2010 at least 25 policemen died after Maoists overran a security camp in West Bengal state. Naxalite-Maoist leader Kishenji claimed responsibility for the attack. He was quoted as saying that, “We have attacked the camp and this is our answer to P. Chidambaram’s [the Indian Minister of Internal Affairs] ‘Operation Green Hunt’ and unless the Centre stops this inhuman military operation we are going to answer this way only.”
On April 6, 2010, Maoist rebels killed 75 policemen/CRPF men in a jungle ambush in central India in the worst-ever massacre of security forces by the insurgents. On the same day, Gopal, a top Maoist leader, said the attack was a “direct consequence” of the government’s Operation Green Hunt offensive. This raised some voices of use of Indian Air Force against Naxalites, which were however declined citing “We can’t use oppressive force against our own people”.
On June 29, 2010, At least 26 policemen have been killed in a Maoist attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh

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