Chattisgarh: Three Naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter between the security forces in Bijapur on Saturday.
Telangana’s Greyhounds with the support from Chhattisgarh Police in the Karriguta forests of Pujari Kanker on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh led the anti-Naxal operation.
The bodies of Naxals are discovered alongwith the weapons which included a light machine gun (LMG) and an AK-47 so far.
Previously, a Naxalite was killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Friday in an encounter between security forces according to a police official.
The encounter happened in an anti-Naxal operation in the forest under Kirandul police station limits when District Reserve Guard (DRG), Bastar Fighters and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were out, the official said.
“The operation was launched on Thursday based on inputs about the presence of Maoists in Purangel, Badepalli, Doditumnar and Gampur areas. After the exchange of fire ended, the body of a male Naxalite and a weapon were recovered from the spot,” officials said.
Earlier on April 3, 13 Naxals were killed in an encounter with the security agencies in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The fight which started on April 2 was concluded the next day, according to an official release from the security forces.
“Chhattisgarh Police recorded one of its biggest successes in the history of anti-Naxal operations. We can now confirm that in the operation conducted by more than a thousand security forces in the Lendra and Korcholi areas of Gangalur in Bijapur district on the night of April 1 and April 2, 13 Naxals were killed. Their bodies have been recovered. We have also received reports that a large number of Naxals are seriously injured,” Inspector General of Police (IG), Bastar Range, P Sundarraj had said.
According to the police the area where the firefight happened was a safe haven for Naxalites but over the last three months 16 new camps of security forces have been established in the area. The soldiers trailed a tough journey of about 20 kms covering forests and mountains overnight.
Soldiers provided with night vision binoculars and new-age weapons from Mutavendi, Palanar, Gangalur, Basaguda and Cherpal security camps conducted the operation.