In Chhattisgarh, 30 Maoists have been killed in two different encounters today. In the Bijapur district of Bastar division, the security forces had received intelligence inputs that Maoists were present in the forests situated at the border area of the Bijapur and Dantewada districts. After this intelligence input, a joint team of security forces went out on a search operation.
Since this morning, there has been intermittent firing between the security forces and the Maoists in Gangaloor area. A jawan of the District Reserve Guard – DRG was martyred in the encounter.
So far, the bodies of 26 Maoists were recovered from the spot. Apart from this, a large number of automatic weapons and explosive materials have also been recovered from the spot. The search operation is still going on in the area.
In another operation in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, four Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and Maoists.
