In Chhattisgarh’s Bastar area, safety forces gunned down 5 alleged Maoists in two separate encounters – one on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border and the opposite on the border of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma-Dantewada districts.
According to Bastar’s Inspector General of Police, P Sundarraj, the primary encounter was between armed Maoists and Telangana’s Greyhounds on Tuesday morning assisted by Chhattisgarh’s DRG (District Reserve Guard) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). “We had received information that around 40-50 armed Maoists, including senior Maoist leader Sudhakar, were present in Perur, Ilmidi and Usoor areas of Bijapur and Telangana border,” Sundarraj mentioned. He additional mentioned, “An encounter took place between security forces and Maoists in the border area of ​​Semaldodi village under Elmidi police station in Bijapur district and Penugolu village under Perur police station in Telangana state.”
A Greyhound jawan was injured within the encounter and was later taken to Warangal for remedy. During the search operation after the encounter, our bodies of 4 Maoists together with a girl have been recovered. A senior police officer mentioned, we’re but to determine his id.
In the second encounter that happened in Marjum space and Pratapgiri hills of Sukma and Dantewada districts respectively, the physique of a feminine Maoist, recognized as Munni, a member of Katekalyan Kshetra Samiti, was recovered, police officers mentioned. “We had received information that 20-25 armed activists have gathered in the area, following which an operation was launched by the DRG on Tuesday,” Sundarraj mentioned.
Bastar police mentioned arms and ammunition have additionally been recovered from each the locations.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
