At least 10 Maoists, including three female members, have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur Narayanpur-Kanker Border on Tuesday, officials said.
According to the police, a joint party of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) jawans had left for a Maoist operation in Abujmarh of the Narayanpur and Kanker border area on Monday.
The encounter between Maoists and a joint security team of the DRG and the STF broke out in a forest at around 6 am today.
“During the operation, an encounter took place between the police party and Maoists in the forest between the village Tekmeta and Kakur at 6 am on April 30. During the search of the incident site after the encounter, bodies of a total of 10 Maoist cadres including 3 female Maoists have been recovered, which are being identified,” it added.