Five suspected members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were killed in an alleged encounter with the security forces in the restive Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, the Chhattisgarh police claimed.
Calling the operation “a surgical strike” by the police in Abhujhmad area, Bastar range Inspector General (IG) of Police Shiv Ram Prasad Kalluri said in a statement: “In yet another successful operation, the District Reserve Guard decimated Military Company No.6 of the CPI (Maoist) and killed at least half a dozen Maoists.”
“However, we could recover only five bodies of the Maoists and five weapons as reported by Abhishekh Meena, Superintendent of Police, Narayanpur. Mr. Abhishekh had gone to Becha to provide a safe corridor to the retreating parties as they walk back a long way along with the bodies and a huge Maoist dump,” the Inspector General said.
