
A fight to the finish | Anti-Maoist operations
It had been a lazy overcast afternoon in Dantewada in Bastar division, south Chhattisgarh, when suddenly the police lines, home to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), buzzes with activity. The local commander asks the troops—formations that have both boys and girls, and which are increasingly called the “tip of the spear” owing to their successes…