NAGPUR: Two alleged members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were killed during an encounter with security forces in Narayanpur district, south Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday, the police said.
“Two female Maoists were neutralised and their bodies recovered in an encounter with the Special Task Force and the District Reserve Guard near Hasnar village in Abujhmaad area of Naryanpur district [on Wednesday]. Two 315 bore rifles and many other articles were also recovered from the spot of the encounter,” said D.M.Awasthi, Special Director General of Police, anti-Naxal operations unit of the Chhattisgarh police.
According to Santosh Singh, Superintendent of Police, Narayanpur district, the encounter took place on Wednesday morning. “Our parties hit a Maoist camp in this area. The encounter lasted for an hour,” Mr. Singh told The Hindu.
Apart from the weapons, security forces also recovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Maoist uniforms, codex wires, a sewing machine and Maoist literature from the site of the encounter.
This was the third encounter in Chhattisgarh in the last four days in which the Maoists suffered casualties.
In a separate development, the police managed to nab a Maoist commander in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
Rakesh Sodi, the local guerilla squad commander of the CPI (Maoist) in Madded area of Bijapur, was arrested from Punnur forest area under Awapalli police station limits during a search operation, police officials from the Bijapur district said. Sodi carried a reward of ₹3 lakh on his head.