Hyderabad, Aug. 10 -- Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) CV Anand hoisted the national flag at Karregutta Hills along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, marking the first time in 50 years that the Tricolour was raised on the Telangana side of the hills, days ahead of Independence Day.

Anand hoisted the flag at an altitude of 650 feet on Monday, August 10, in the dense forest area that had, for decades, served as a major stronghold of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and remained one of the most heavily mined zones under its control.

Karregutta had remained largely inaccessible to government officials for years, functioning as a safe haven for Maoist cadres until security forces gained control of the terrain fo...