In two separate incidents, seven Maoists were arrested while a male Naxal was gunned down during an encounter raged on between police forces and left wing extremists in a forested patch of insurgency hit Bijapur district, police said here on Saturday.
“The encounter took place in the limits of Awapalli police station on Saturday afternoon in which a Maoist was killed,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur, Kl Dhruv informed.
According to Dhruv, a joint team of security personnel consisting of District Reserve Group (DRG) and district police had started on an anti-Naxal operation from Awapalli police station limits.
They confronted armed Naxals in the jungles near Munga village and both sides engaged in gun fight. After intermittent firing that lasted for about an hour Naxals fled away into the core jungle area, Dhruv added.
While searching the region, body of a male Naxal clad in Maoist uniform was spotted, SP Dhruv said while adding that the identity of killed ultra was yet to be ascertained.
The items recovered from the encounter spot includes a 303 knot rifle, Country made single barrel rifle, ammunition of AK-47 and other guns, Galantine gel explosive - 50 kg, Electric detonator, Cordex wire - 400 ft, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) including Tiffin bomb, Pressure Cooker and other items of daily use.
likewise, in a different incident, seven Naxals including a hardcore female ultra carrying cash reward of ` 1 lakh on her head was arrested from Farsegadh police station limits, Dhruv mentioned.
“Bujji Vedja was a lGS (local guerrilla squad) member of Naxal national park area committee and was involved in killing of 4 police personnel that had happened at Kutur in 2015,” Dhruv said.
The other six persons held, are lower cadre members and were wanted in connection with incidents like damaging roads, public property and similar action. The team of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and district police arrested them from the jungles of Chunchkuta and Talmendri, he added.