An encounter broke out between safety forces and the banned Communist Occasion of India (Maoist) within the jungles of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Friday, police stated.
All jawans are secure and search operations are ongoing to see if there have been any fatalities on the Maoists’ facet, Bijapur Superintendent of Police, Jitendra Kumar Yadav stated.
The encounter broke out round 11 am on the Usoor-Basaguda and Pamed in southern a part of Bijapur district, which shares its border with Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district and the neighbouring state of Telangana.
On October 6, a staff of safety forces discovered spikes hidden in a pit and 5 kgs of Improvised Explosive Gadget (IED) stored on the highway between Mutvendi police camp and Pedia, a village the place 12 alleged Maoists had been killed in an encounter in Might this 12 months, throughout an anti-naxal operation.
A ten-year-old boy and two Particular Job Power (STF) jawans had been additionally killed in separate IED blasts in July.
Unfold throughout 6,562.48 sq km, Bijapur has seen probably the most violence between safety forces and Maoists. In response to the police, 51 alleged Maoists had been killed in 155 Naxal-related incidents within the district from December 13 final 12 months to October 5 this 12 months. Of the incidents, 40 had been alleged encounters.
Three jawans had been additionally killed within the violence throughout the identical interval. In the meantime, 393 alleged Maoists had been arrested whereas 178 Naxals surrendered. Safety forces additionally seized 47 weapons and located 87 Improvised Explosive Gadget (IEDs).
