In another success, Bijapur police seized guns, explosives, detonators and other item from Maoists after gun battle in a dense forested pocket under Awapalli police station, informed Additional Superintended of Police (ASP) Bijapur YN Singh on Wednesday.
A temporary Maoists camps was also destroyed, police claimed. According to the ASP incident happened around 50 kms from district headquarters near the jungles of Bongla and Punur village under Awapalli police station.
A joint party district police and CRPF started on search operation from Awapalli police station on Tuesday evening. The police party came under heavy firing in the jungles of Bongla and Punur village. The security forces retaliated and after a brief gun battle Maoist disappeared in forest. Police said three temporary Naxals tents were also destroyed at the spot. later during the search operation police recovered 12 bore guns, 315 bore rife, muzzle gun, explosive substances, detonators, wires, Naxal literature and other daily use items.
The ASP claimed that few Maoists would have injured in the incident.