RAIPUR: At least five Maoists were killed till late Tuesday in a gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district in Bastar division. A large cache of arms and ammunition was seized, police said.
Notably, the security forces launched an anti-Naxalite operation, Operation Monsoon Prahar, involving 1,000 troops from Kanker, Bastar, Dantewada and Kondagaon districts, in Abujhmarh area of Narayanpur on Sunday.Teams of District Reserve Guards, STF, BSF and ITBP converged from multiple directions upon a deeply forested area close to Maharashtra border.
Bastar range IG P Sundarraj told TOI that Maoists laid an ambush for security forces in the forests of Kohkameta in Abujhmarh in Narayanpur district on Tuesday.
Till Tuesday evening, five bodies had been recovered and the toll may go up as the gunbattle is still on, police said. The exact body count will be known when forces return to base, an officer said.
On Monday, Maoists kidnapped a cop’s brother and murdered him accusing him of being an informer in Orchha village. As many as 137 Maoists have been gunned down this year in Bastar division.
Notably, the security forces launched an anti-Naxalite operation, Operation Monsoon Prahar, involving 1,000 troops from Kanker, Bastar, Dantewada and Kondagaon districts, in Abujhmarh area of Narayanpur on Sunday.Teams of District Reserve Guards, STF, BSF and ITBP converged from multiple directions upon a deeply forested area close to Maharashtra border.
Bastar range IG P Sundarraj told TOI that Maoists laid an ambush for security forces in the forests of Kohkameta in Abujhmarh in Narayanpur district on Tuesday.
Till Tuesday evening, five bodies had been recovered and the toll may go up as the gunbattle is still on, police said. The exact body count will be known when forces return to base, an officer said.
On Monday, Maoists kidnapped a cop’s brother and murdered him accusing him of being an informer in Orchha village. As many as 137 Maoists have been gunned down this year in Bastar division.
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