2 CPI (Maoist) Cadres Killed In Gun Battle With Security Forces In Bijapur District

Bijapur District, March 15, 2024: Two cadres of the CPI (Maoist) were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, a police official announced to the public today.

The skirmish took place at 5 pm in a forest near Hingmeta village under Bedre police station limits when security personnel were out on an anti-Maoist operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav stated.

The operation was launched on Thursday based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of the commander of platoon no.16 of the Maoists’ Indravati Area Committee, Comrade Mallesh, commander of company no.1 of Mad Division, Comrade Arun, as well as 20-25 armed cadres of the Maoist party in Hingmeta-Lanka area, the SP declared.

“Personnel belonging to District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police took part in the operation. When a patrolling team was cordoning off the forest near Hingmeta, the exchange of fire took place. We recovered the bodies of two Maoists from the spot. They are yet to be identified,” BSP Yadav added.

Source : https://theprint.in/india/two-naxalites-killed-in-encounter-in-bijapur-in-chhattisgarh/2002934/