The body of a Maoist has been recovered from the site where 25 CRPF personnel were martyred earlier this week in an ambush by the rebels in Burkapal area of Sukma district in Bastar region, the police said.
The body of a Maoist was recovered on Thursday night from the forest, just 500 metres away from the spot where the gun battle had taken place between the CRPF and the rebels on 24 April, according to Chhattisgarh Special Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) DM Awasthi.
Acting on reports of the movement of Maoists in the area after the ambush, the security forces were carrying out the combing operations, he said.
While cordoning off a forested patch in Burkapal area on Thursday night, the patrolling team recovered the body of the Maoist who was reported to be killed in the ambush, Awasthi said. The body was yet to be identified, he said.
Following the ambush, there were reports of death of several other Maoists in the gunfight but the rebels managed to drag the bodies inside the forest.
The search operation is still underway in the interiors of the region to trace the ultras involved in the incident, the senior police officer said.
On April 24, as many as 25 CRPF personnel were killed and seven others injured when the Naxals attacked a patrol party of 74th battalion of the paramilitary force near Burkapal village of Sukma district.