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10 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district; ammunition, explosives recovered

Press Trust of India • February 8, 2019, 07:57:43 IST
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Ten Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.

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10 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district; ammunition, explosives recovered

Raipur: Ten Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said. The face-off took place in forests under the Bhairamgarh police station area of Bijapur district when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, state Director General of Police DM Awasthi told reporters. “Police received a specific input about the presence of Maoist Divisional Committee members Rajman Mandavi and Sukhlal with 50-60 cadres in the interiors of Bhairamgarh forest. They were reportedly conducting a training camp for the lower-rung cadres there,” he said. [caption id=“attachment_4449495” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Representational image. Reuters Representational image. Reuters[/caption] Acting on the tip-off, around 200 members of the combined squad of the Special Task Force and the District Reserve Guard launched the operation Wednesday night, he said. “When the patrolling team was in the forest near Borga village, around 450 kilometres from the state capital Raipur, at around 11 am on Thursday, the Naxals opened fire on them that led to the gun-battle,” he said. “The intermittent firing lasted for two and a half hours. When the exchange of fire ended, bodies of 10 uniform-clad Naxals were recovered from the spot along with 11 muzzle loading guns and a 315 bore revolver,” Awasthi said. A large cache of explosives was also recovered from the spot, he said. Terming it as a successful intelligence-based operation in the beginning of 2019, Awasthi said such operations will continue. Reinforcement has been rushed to the spot to assist the patrolling team to evacuate the bodies, he said. “The identity of the killed Naxals and other details will be known once the security forces return,” he added. This is the first major anti-Naxal operation since the Congress government came to power in the state. The new regime has said it will hold talks with the affected stakeholders in the Left Wing Extremism areas to end the Naxal issue.

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