Security forces gunned down a Maoist in a gun battle with the insurgents in a forested patch of Dantewada district, police said on Wednesday. Huge amount of arms and explosives were also recovered from the encounter site, Superintendent of Police (SP), Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said.“The encounter happened following face-off between a joint team of Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) with Maoists in the jungles of Nahadi falling in limits of Aranpur police station,” Kashyap said. Two guns along with explosives and other materials were also recovered from the spot. A temporary Maoist camp was also destroyed in the forest wherein major haul of explosives, detonators, tiffin bombs and other similar items were seized, he informed.
According to the SP, police had got information that Naxals were camping in jungles of Aranpur. Following the information, the joint squad swung into action and reached Nahadi forest where they confronted the Maoists and the encounter happened. In the wake of the incident, police have launched an intense search operation in the region to nab insurgents who escaped, he said. Three persons have also been arrested after the action, who are being questioned. The identity of killed ultra is yet to be established, the SP said.