5 Naxalites Arrested Following Encounter With Security Forces In Sukma District

Sukma District, March 23, 2023: Five Naxalites were arrested following an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, a senior police official said. The confrontation took place around 11.30 am in the forest of Kottalendra village under Errabor police station limits, he said.

Acting on specific input about the presence of Naxalites in Kottalendra planning to carry out a major attack on National Highway-30 (connecting Sukma town to Konta), a joint team of personnel from Konta and Errabor police stations and District Reserve Guard (DRG) was dispatched in the area, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma said.

When the patrolling team was cordoning off the forest area near Kottalendra, an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, he said. After they found the security personnel zeroing in on them, the Naxalites escaped from the spot, he said.

“Five Naxalites were apprehended from the spot while trying to flee,” Sharma added.

Four or five Naxalites sustained injuries in the encounter but their colleagues managed to drag them into the forest, he said. The search operation was still underway in the area, he added.

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