3 women Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Narayanpur, August 29

Three women Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, a senior police official said.

The gunfight broke out at around 8am in the forest of Abhujmaad — located on the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts — when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, he said.

The personnel belonging to the Special Task Force (STF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) were involved in the operation, which was launched based on inputs received about the presence of Naxalites in the area, he added.

So far, bodies of three women Naxalites clad in 'uniform' along with a huge cache of weapons have been recovered from the spot. A search operation is still underway in the area, the police official said.

So far this year, 145 Naxalites have been gunned down by security forces in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh, the police said.