Woman Naxal killed in face-off with security forces in Chhattisgarh : The Tribune India

Woman Naxal killed in face-off with security forces in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: A woman Naxal was on Monday gunned down in an exchange of fire with security forces in a forest pocket of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, the police said.



Raipur, June 13

A woman Naxal was on Monday gunned down in an exchange of fire with security forces in a forest pocket of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, the police said.

“The skirmish took place between the ultras and a joint team of Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Group (DRG) in a forest near Gorkha village under Konta police station limits,” Sukma Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said.

The security personnel, while carrying out an anti-Naxal operation in the interiors of Konta forests, around 500 km from here, spotted a group of ultras, following which an encounter broke out between the two sides.

However, Maoists soon fled taking the cover of dense forest, he said.

Later, during search, the body of a woman Naxal was found and a muzzle loading gun seized from the spot, he said.

The killed ultra was identified as Madkam Hidme, a member of Kistaram area platoon number 8 of Maoists, he said.

The operation was still underway in the region, the SP added. — PTI

 

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