Bodies of two unidentified insurgents clad in Naxal uniform were recovered after encounter with security forces in a forested patch of insurgency hit Dantewada district, police said on Saturday.
“Muzzle guns, pipe bombs and explosives in huge quantity were also recovered from the encounter spot,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said.
According to police, a joint team of security forces consisting of DRG, CRPF, STF and CoBRA personnel had started from Katekalyan police station limits on a search operation.
“In the hilly terrain near Marjum village which is about 55 km away from district headquarters, a group of armed Naxals opened indiscriminate fire on police party. Police jawans immediately launched retaliatory attack and the gun battle lasted for about an hour,” he said.
Naxals soon finding themselves encircled by police forces disappeared in the core jungle area, he added.
later on, while searching the area police found bodies of two Naxals clad in uniform. Muzzle gun, pipe bomb, gelatin, Naxal dress, wire bundles and other items of daily use were also found there, the SP mentioned while adding that the deceased are yet to be identified.