Two ‘Maoists’ killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

September 08, 2016 03:29 am | Updated September 22, 2016 05:40 pm IST - NAGPUR:

Two suspected Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of south Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. “An encounter took place between a joint team from the Kutaru and Farsegad police stations and a group of armed Maoists near Talmendhri village. The police later recovered two unidentified bodies of Maoists,” Bijapur District Superintendent of Police K.L. Dhruv said in a statement.

The police also recovered four country-made guns, ‘Maoist bags’ and other materials from the spot.

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