At least 15 people, including three police officers and 12 Maoist insurgents, were killed in a violent clash between security forces and Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, India, on December 3. The encounter occurred during a joint operation based on intelligence reports about the presence of the banned CPI (Maoist) group’s armed wing, the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), in a forested area between Dantewada and Bijapur. Security units from the state police, the District Reserve Guard (DRG), the Special Task Force (STF), and the CRPF’s elite COBRA commandos participated in the operation. Authorities recovered rifles, ammunition, and explosives from the site. Despite Maoist leaders’ earlier declaration to suspend armed rebellion, security operations have intensified, with the Indian government pledging to eliminate the insurgency by March next year. So far this year, 275 people have died in similar clashes in Chhattisgarh, including several top Maoist leaders.