BIJAPUR: As many as two police personnel were injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on January 12, the police said. According to the police, the blast was carried out by the Maoists. The incident took place while a team of Kutru Police Station and District Reserve Guard were carrying out area domination duty. The injured are being treated at Bijapur District Hospital, and the injured jawans are out of danger, police said.
Five Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, said the Police. According to the Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, Jitendra Yadav, “5 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces. The bodies of 2 female Maoists and 3 male Maoists have been recovered. The identification of the deceased is yet to be done.”
Additionally, the SP said that several automatic and other weapons and explosives were from the forests under the National Park area of the Bijapur district. “1 SLR rifle, 12 bore rifle, single shot rifle, BGL launcher and other arms and ammunition have been recovered,” said the official.
Sharing details from the encounter, SP Jitendra Yadav said, “Based on the intelligence about the presence of Maoists in the Bandepara-Korenjed forests under Madded police station area of the national park area of Bijapur district on January 11, a security force team had gone on an anti-Maoist operation.”
“During the operation, today Sunday morning, an exchange of fire began between the security forces and the Maoists in the Bandepara-Korenged forest, which continued till 3-4 pm,” said the SP.
Following the encounter, the search operation led to the recovery of five bodies of the killed Maoists including two women, all in uniforms. The recovered weapons included one SLR rifle, one 12-bore rifle, two single-shot rifles, one BGL launcher, and one locally made Bharmar gun, along with explosives, Maoist literature, and other Maoist materials.
The official said that detailed information will be released after the completion of the operation. (With inputs from ANI)
