Six Maoists were reported to have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, according to a statement by a top police official on Wednesday.
IG Bastar P Sundarraj confirmed the operation’s success, stating that the bodies of six Maoists, including one female, were recovered following an exchange of fire in the forest area near Chikurbatti-Pusbhaka jungle in Bijapur district.
The encounter transpired near the Talperu river, situated in close proximity to the Chikurbatti area under Basaguda police station, informed Bastar Range IG Sundarraj.
A joint team of CoBRA-an elite unit of CRPF, CRPF’s 229th battalion, and DRG were involved in the gunfight with insurgents of PLGA’s platoon-10 near Talperu river, said the IG, adding that during the search, the security personnel recovered the bodies of six slain Maoists. Of the six slain left wing extremists, one was a female cadre, the officer added.
During the search, the team recovered arms and ammunition, along with other material of daily use, the officer said. Further details are awaited as the search operation is still underway, said IG Sundarraj. The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Basaguda police station.
Basaguda District Reserve Guard, CRPF 229, and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) teams were involved in the operation, they said.
On March 23, two jawans were injured in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast in the Maoist stronghold of Dantewada, the superintendent of police in the district informed. The explosion took place in the Kirandul police station area during an anti-Maoist operation on Saturday, the Dantewada SP added. (With inputs from ANI)
