At least 29 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday, police officials said. Three security personnel They sustained injuries in the fierce gunfight and a large number of weapons were also recovered from the spot, they said.
The firing took place around 2 pm in Hapatola forest between Binagunda and Koronar villages near Chhotebethiya police station limits when a joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of the state police was on an anti-naxal operation, police inspector general (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said.
The operation was launched based on information about the presence of senior cadres of the northern Bastar division of banned CPI (Maoist) Shankar, Lalita, Raju and others, he said. During patrolling in the area, a fierce shootout broke out between both sides, the senior IPS officer said. “Dead bodies of 29 Maoists along with a huge cache of weapons including AK-47, SLR, Insas and .303 rifles were recovered from the spot,” the IG said.
Polls in Bastar, hit by the Naxalites The Lok Sabha seat will come up on April 19 in the first phase, while Kanker constituency, part of Bastar region, will vote in the second round of general elections on April 26.
The search operation was still underway in the area amid intermittent firing between security personnel and Naxalites, Sundarraj said. “Three security personnel were injured in the shooting and their condition was declared out of danger,” he said, adding that they were referred to a hospital for treatment.
After the latest encounter, 79 Naxalites have been killed in separate gunfights with security forces in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts including Kanker, so far this year.
On April 2, as many as 13 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district.
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