2 Naxalites, Carrying Collective Bounty Of Rs 13 Lakh, Killed In Encounter In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter Kondagaon-Narayanpur border in Chhattisgarh. A search operation has been launched in the area, and two bodies have been recovered.
Two hardcore Naxals were killed in an encounter with the security forces at the Kondagaon-Narayanpur border in Chhattisgarh. Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P said on Wednesday that an AK-47 rifle and other weapons and explosives along with two bodies were recovered from the site. A search operation is underway in the area.
The two Naxalites carried a collective bounty of Rs 13 lakh. They were killed on Tuesday evening when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation. The gunfight took place on Tuesday evening in a forest of Kilam-Bargum villages along the border of Kondagaon and Narayanpur districts, news agency PTI reported.
Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Bastar Fighters, both units of the state police, from Kondagaon were involved in the operation, IG Sundarraj P said.
The killed Naxalites have been identified as Haldar, a dreaded Maoist commander and member of the east Bastar division of Maoists, and Rame, an area committee member, the official said.
Naxalite Carrying Rs 5 Lakh Bounty Surrenders
This comes a day after a Naxalite carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh's Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district.
The Naxalite, Rupesh Mandavi alias Sukhdev, turned himself in before the police on Tuesday, citing disillusionment with the hollow and inhuman Maoist ideology and rising differences within the Naxalite outfit, news agency PTI reported citing an official.
According to the police, he was also impressed by the state government's new surrender and rehabilitation policy and the surrender campaign 'Operation Prayaas' run by the district police.
Sukhdev had joined the Naxalite movement in 2012 and was an active Kotari Area Committee member. He was also the Local Organisation Squad deputy commander under the Rajnandgaon-Kanker Border division of the outlawed Maoist movement.
Police said that Sukhde was provided an assistance of Rs 50,000 and will be further rehabilitated as per the government's policy, PTI reported.
7 Naxalites Arrested In Bijapur
As many as seven Naxalites were arrested from two places in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday (April 14).
According to the police, six lower rung cadres were held from the forest near Daler village under Bhairamgarh police station limits, and another ultra was nabbed near Bechapal village in Mirtur police station area.
Joint teams of District Reserve Guard (DRG), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF), and local police were involved in the two operations, PTI reported.
'A tiffin bomb, gelatin sticks, cordex wire, detonator, electric wire and items used to dig earth were seized from those held in Bhairamgarh," a police official said.
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