Security forces gunned down a female ultra in an intermittent gun-battle that took place in a dense forested pocket of the insurgency-hit Bijapur district. Arms ammunition and daily use items were recovered in large amount from the spot, informed Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur, Prashant Agrawal on Saturday.
According to official information received from the office of SP Bijapur, the security forces confronted Maoists near Bedabagu nullah of Nelamdagu village under Farsegarh police station. “The joint force of STF (Special Task Force) CRPF and District Police has started from Farsegarh police station on a search operation towards Nelamdagu village on June 20,” SP informed.
Police further said Nelamdagu is believed as a Maoist stronghold area and joint police force reached near Bedabagu nullah flowing near Nelamdagu village where in about 100 to 150 Maoists who had orchestrated an ambush attacked the police party on June 21. The security forces returned the gun fire which lasted for about one hour. However, later the Maoists fled away into the dense forest.
The Naxals belonging to National Park Area Committee were involved in the ambush attack police claimed. During the searching of area police recovered dead body of a Moist who was identified as Guddu deputy commander divisional supply party resident of Kamkanar police station under Ganglor police station. Police also recovered an SlR rifle, bullets, grenade, detonator, flash light, wire, radio and other items of daily use.
Notably Naxals also had tried to blow up an anti-landmine vehicle in Dantewada few days back and also gunned down a Constable in Boregaon village of Kondagaon district situated at the Jagdalpur-Raipur National Highway on June 21.