Continuing its crackdown against cadres of outlawed organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist), a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), District Force (DF) and Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday gunned down two rebels including a female cadre, in an encounter, which took place in worst insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
The joint squad of security personnel engaged in anti-Naxal exercise had gunfight with insurgents in restive forest patch close to Pushnar village falling under limits of Gangloor police station during morning hours, said Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Indira Kalyan Elesela. Two rebels were gunned down in the encounter and police personnel have also recovered the bodies of slain Naxals, said Elesela, adding that two firearms and some other articles were also recovered from the encounter spot.
“The probability of injury on the Naxal side is higher as security personnel have recovered around 18 foot-wears from the encounter spot,” said Elesela.
In preliminary police investigation, the slain Maoist has been identified as Govind, President of Pushnar Jantana Sarkar whereas efforts are on to ascertain the identity of woman Naxal, the SP informed.
According to Elesela, the joint squad of security personnel undertaking anti-Naxal exercise in the region was targetted by a group of over 25 armed ultras when they reached a forest patch close to village Pushnar.