Security forces have gunned down a female Maoist following an exchange of fire in Chotebethiya police station limits of Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, July 9.
The encounter took place in Binagunda forest area when a joint team of security forces comprising of personnel from Border Security Force (BSF) and Bastar Fighters, a unit of the state police was out on a routine search operation in the area.
According to the reports, while searching the area the security team was ambushed by Maoists who open indiscriminate fire upon the forces to which the latter retaliated heavily, neutralising a female Maoist operative in the gunfight.
The deceased Maoists was reported to be a member of the People’s Liberation Guerilla Army, armed wing of the proscribed CPI Maoist whose identity is yet to be ascertained.
Following the gunfight, the joint team also recovered a 303 rifle and ammunition along seizing other daily use material from the spot. The development has been confirmed by the senior official of the police and more details of the encounter is still awaited.
Encounter in Binnagunda forest area of Kanker
It must be noted that a major encounter had also taken place in the Binnagunda forest area of Chotebethiya in April this year which resulted in neutralisation of a total of 29 Maoists.
Those killed in the encounters includes of four Area Committee Members (ACM) and one Divisional Committee Members (DVCM) of the banned Maoist group. The DVCM member killed in the action was later identified as Shankar Rao.
The operation was launched by a joint team of BSF and District Reserve Guard (DRG) on April 16 which led to a fierce encounter with the outlaws between the forest of Binnaguda-Korgutta villages.
Following the gunfight, the security personnel had recovered bodies of 29 Maoists including 14 female operatives associated with the outlawed outfit. A large cache of arms and ammunition including sophisticated weapons such as AK-47, SLR rifles were also recovered from the spot. It was later revealed that those killed in the encounter were carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.78 crores on their head.
