Security forces bust Maoist camps in South Bastar

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Security forces busted two Maoist camps on the border of Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur districts and recovered huge catche of daily use materials and IEDs, police said on Monday.

The forces separately recovered a large number of spikes from Sukma planted by Maoist for hurting security forces, a press release from the office of Inspector General of Police (Bastar) Sundarraj P said.

A joint team of security forces including District Reserve Guards (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), CoBRA and local police launched an operation at the borders of Sukma-Dantewada and Bijapur , about 400 km south of Raipur.  

The camps situated in the jungles in the Takilot, Barsur-Bhairamgarh, Pitta Gillor and Basa Guda police station limits were demolished, the statement added.

Police found daily use materials, banned literature, IEDs and other material.

On Sunday, STF trooper Mohan Nag died in Bijapur after an IED planted by Maoists exploded.

In the last one-and-a-half month, security forces have busted eight Maoist camps, arrested 26 Maoists and recovered two bodies of Naxalites.

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