A cache of arms and ammunition were recovered after a gun battle between security personnel and Maoists in insurgency hit Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh, police informed on Friday.
The exchange of fire took place in Chhote Usri's Patelpara forest under Mardapal police station limits on Thursday evening, Additional Superintendent of Police Kondagaon Surjit Atri said. No casualties or injuries were reported from both sides. Although cache of arms and ammunition besides commodities of daily use recovered from the spot after the encounter, the ASP he said.
Police sources informed about presences of Maoists in Chhote Usri's Patelpara forest acting on a tip-off, the joint party of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district force was mobilised for an area domination operation in Mardapal forests Thursday morning.
Sensing the security forces, about 25 armed Naxal opened indiscriminate firing on the force, the ASP claimed. After security forces retaliated, Naxals fled to the forest, he said. Following the encounter a search operation was launched in the region during which five muzzle loading guns, explosives and commodities of daily use of Naxals were seized, he said. Though no casualty was reported during the encounter, he said claiming some of the rebels could have suffered injuries or would have been as stains of blood had been spotted in the forest. Soon after getting the news of the incident additional forces were rushed to the spot, he added.