4 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar News Jani

Four Maoists, including two women cadres, were killed in an armed encounter with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar on Saturday, Chhattisgarh Police said. The encounter took place around 7.30 am in a forest near Pomra village under Merator police station limits, police said. He said that the search operation is still going on in the area.

According to Hindustan Times, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said in a statement that joint teams of security forces were going on an anti-Naxal operation after receiving specific information about a gathering of Maoists in the forest. The team included personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The IG said the police had information about Communist Party of India (Maoist) Mandal Committee member Mohan Kadati and Sumitra along with 30 to 40 associates hiding near the Pomra-Hilur forest.

The IG said that when a DRG team pounced on the Maoists, they opened fire and after the firing stopped, bodies of four Maoists, including two women, were recovered along with three weapons.

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He said that the weapons recovered from the spot included a 303 rifle and a 315 bore rifle. IG said that we have not been able to identify the Maoists yet and the search operation is going on in the surrounding forests.