Four Maoist guerrillas of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were killed in an encounter with Bastar police’s special anti-Maoist unit the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in the restive Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Friday, the police claimed.
“A small team of the DRG Bijapur district, numbering about 50 men, had a successful encounter with the Maoists at village Pedda Jojer under Gangaloor police station limits of Bijapur today morning. The DRG team managed to recover dead bodies of four Maoists along with four Bharmars (locally made guns), local grenades and Maoist dump,” informed Bastar range Inspector General(IG) of Police, Mr. SRP Kalluri.
“This operation was launched last night on a specific input provided by intelligence agencies. The police party is still inside forest. More details would be available once our boys return from the forest,