Two Naxals were killed following a gun battle with security forces after police team raided a Maoist camp located in forested patch under Mirtoor police station of the insurgency hit Bijapur district, a senior police officer said here on Monday.
Body of two left wing insurgents including a woman along with arms and ammunitions were found at the spot, Inspector General of Police (Bastar) SRP Kalluri informed, adding, the bodies of insurgents are yet to be identified. We had specific intelligence inputs about presence of Naxals in the jungles of Bechapal under the limits of Mirtoor police station. Accordingly a team of STF (Special Task Force), Bijapur district police and Dantewada district police was formed and pressed into the spot, he said.
The police force after reaching the spot cordoned off a part of jungle where Naxals were located and then both side engaged in gun battle. The intermittent firing lasted for about two hours after which Naxals ran away in the core jungle area, the IG said.
During searching of area, body of a man and a woman in Naxal uniform was found whose identities are yet to be established. An INSAS rifle, a muzzle gun, Naxal literature and explosives were found in large quantity at the camp, Kalluri said.