Chhattisgarh: Hardcore Maoist wiped out in encounter with security forces

Raipur, July 13: A hardcore Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces on Friday. The gunfight between District Reserve Guard and Maoists took place at Dabba forest in Dantewada district. Police recovered the body of Maoist and a rifle from the spot.

 

The killed Maoist was carrying a reward of 5 lakh rupees on his head. According to police officials, he was involved in the attack in which BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi was killed during recent Lok Sabha elections.

The encounter broke out around 10 am in the forest of Misse Dabba in the Tongpal police station area in Sukma when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Dantewada was carrying out an anti-Naxal operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.

When the DRG team was cordoning off Misse Dabba, located around 450km from the state capital Raipur, an encounter broke out with Naxals. After a brief exchange of fire, the Left-wing extremists escaped, Pallava added.

“During a search at the site, the body of an ultra, identified as Hurra, a member of the Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists, was recovered, along with a .303 rifle,” Pallava said.

Last Month, Six Maoists, including two women commanders each carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, kneeled before the police in Jharkhand's Dumka district