Raipur: Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on this morning, police said.
While initially the police said bodies of two Naxals were recovered following the encounter, they later said that only one body was found along with two firearms.
The face-off took place around 5 am at a forest near Gonderas village when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.
The patrolling team was moving through Gonderas, located along the border of Dantewada-Sukma districts around 450 km from here, when a group of ultras fired at them, leading to the gun-battle, he said.
The exchange of fire lasted for about an hour following which the rebels fled from the spot, he said.
“During search, the body of a woman Naxal clad in uniform was recovered from the spot along with an Insas rifle and a 12 bore gun,” the DIG said.
“Initially, the troops at the ground informed that two ultras, including a woman, were gunned down. But later we got information that the ultras managed to drag the body of their male colleague inside the forest,” he said.