At least five Naxalites, including two women, were killed in two separate gunfights with security personnel in Sukma district and the forests along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Tuesday, the police said.
In Suka district, a woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, was gunned down in a gunfight between Naxalites and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Sukma, Dantewada and Bastar, they said.
The woman was identified as ‘Munni’, Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said. After a gun battle on Marjum hills, her body was recovered. She was an Area Committee member of the Maoists, Sharma said.
Another fight broke out between Naxalites and security personnel near the border with Telangana.
“A team of anti-Naxalite Greyhounds of Telangana Police launched a counter-insurgency operation along the forest of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) and Mulugu (Telangana) districts after learning about the movement of Maoist leader Sudhakar with 40 armed Naxalites," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P said.
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from Bijapur was also out on an operation to cordon off the area, he added.
“Around 7 am, the Greyhounds team fought gun battle with Naxalites in the forest... Later, the bodies of four ultras were recovered from the spot,” he said.
A Greyhounds trooper sustained injuries and sas flown to Warangal and admitted to a hospital, the officer added.