On April 2, 13 Maoists were killed in an encounter with the security agencies in the Bijapur district of Bastar division, Chhattisgarh. This has been one of the biggest successes for the security forces in the history of counter-naxal operations. Over the last several years, insurgency-related indices have been on the decline and the success in Bijapur is being viewed as a major setback to Maoists in their last bastion, struggling to maintain their relevance.