2 women among 4 Naxals killed in Sukma encounter

  • | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

RAIPUR: A fortnight ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Bastar, four Maoists - including two women - were gunned down on Tuesday in an encounter with CRPF in Chintalnar, one of the worst-affected regions of Chattisgarh's Sukma district . A joint team of CoBRA commandos, CRPF personnel and District Force set out from the Chintalnar and Narsapuram camps on Monday evening to track them down. With this, the Maoist death toll has reached 17 this year. Exactly a week ago, police had shot dead hardcore Maoist leader Jamuna, the Tanda area committee secretary.DIG (anti-Maoist operations) P Sundarraj said security forces received information about the presence of Maoists in Chintalnar's Karkanguda region.

RAIPUR: A fortnight ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Bastar, four Maoists - including two women - were gunned down on Tuesday in an encounter with CRPF in Chintalnar, one of the worst-affected regions of Chattisgarh's Sukma district . With this, the Maoist death toll has reached 17 this year. Exactly a week ago, police had shot dead hardcore Maoist leader Jamuna, the Tanda area committee secretary.DIG (anti-Maoist operations) P Sundarraj said security forces received information about the presence of Maoists in Chintalnar's Karkanguda region. A joint team of CoBRA commandos, CRPF personnel and District Force set out from the Chintalnar and Narsapuram camps on Monday evening to track them down.

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