In all, 32 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed and 279 arrested in 62 encounters with Police and other armed forces in the Bastar range of Chhattisgarh, as part of the anti-Naxal [Left Wing extremism, LWE] campaign in 2022, besides, 408 Maoists surrendered during the year, a Bastar Police statement said on December 23, reports The Week. The anti-Naxal campaign was discussed in detail at a State-level coordination committee meeting held in Jagdalpur on December 23, under the chairmanship of Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Juneja. It was further informed during the meeting that 60 arms and 120 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were seized during the campaign through the year. The surrendered Maoists were being provided economic aid and other facilities under the rehabilitation policy of the Chhattisgarh Government; the meeting was told. During the year, 18 new security camps were set up in the Naxal-infested remote areas. These camps are providing security for the construction of various infrastructures including roads, bridges and culverts in these remote areas. The camps were set up at Nambi, Etepal, Pusnar in Bijapur district; Potakpalli, Dabbakonta, Elmagunda, Pedmel, Kunded in Sukma District; Chandameta and Kantabaans in Bastar District; Hiroli, Kamalur in Dantewada District; Kuenmari, Kudur in Kondagaon District; Dhodhribeda in Narayanpur District and Padhargaon, Arra and Chilparas in Kanker District, the Bastar Police statement said.