In Chhattisgarh, two female Maoists have been killed in an encounter with security forces. The encounter took place in the forests of Aboojhmaad area of Narayanpur district. On the intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the area, a joint team of District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force was dispatched for the operation.
There has been intermittent exchange of fire between security forces and Naxalites since last evening. Security forces recovered the bodies of two female Naxalite, along with two rifles, from the spot. An intensive searching by security forces is going on in the encounter site and surrounding area.
A police statement said that a joint team of the district reserve guard (DRG) and the special task force (STF) was conducting an anti-Maoist operation on Wednesday based on intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres from the Maoists’ Maad division in the area.
The encounter started at night inside the forest under Kohkameta police station limits in the Abhujmaad area. “So far, bodies of two women Maoists along with an INSAS rifle and a .315 bore rifle have been recovered from the spot,” the statement added.
A search operation is currently underway in the jungle as security forces intensify anti-insurgency efforts in a Left-wing insurgency-affected state, where over 100 rebels have been killed so far this year