At least seven Maoists, including two female members, have been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district today, officials said.A huge quantity of weapons, including one AK 47, have also been recovered from the encounter site.The encounter between Maoists and a joint security team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) broke out in a forest at around 6 am today, officials said.The security personnel had left for a Maoist operation in Abujmarh of the Narayanpur and Kanker border area on Monday. “An encounter took place between the police party and Maoists in the forest between village Tekmeta and Kakur. During the search of the incident site, the bodies of a total of seven Maoist cadres, including two female Maoists, were recovered and their identifications are underway,
A huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including one AK 47, and items of daily use have been seized from the Maoist camp, the official said.
Earlier this month, security forces killed 29 Maoists, including a senior rebel leader – Shankar Rao, on whom there was a bounty of ₹ 25 lakh – in a gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district.
