Two Naxals were killed in a gun battle with security forces which took place in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said here on Tuesday.
"The encounter occurred near Fulbadgi police station, between Naxals and a police joint team consisting of District Reserve Group (DRG), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and district police personnel,” Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
On specific input that armed Maoists cadres were present near Misipara, west of Fulbagdi police station and they were threatening the villagers, a joint team led by SDOP Sukma Ramgopal Kariyaare launched a search operation, he informed.
“The search party was fired upon by Maoists and police team retaliated. After the operation, while searching the spot dead bodies of two Maoists, one muzzle gun and one 315 bore rifle along with other items were seized,” the SP said while adding that the dead Maoists were identified as Hidma and Aanda, President and Vice-President respectively of banned Naxal outfit DKAMS (Dandakarnya Kisan Adivasi Majdoor Sangh).
Notably, three Naxals, including two commander rank cadres, were gunned down by security forces on Monday at separate places in Bastar division.