6 Naxals killed in joint operation by C’garh, Telangana

At least six Naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh-Telangana border area on Monday, police said.

The skirmish took place between 6 am and 7 am in a forest in Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, located over 400 km from the state capital Raipur, they said. Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.

A joint team of the District Reserve Guard and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from Sukma was also out on the operation in the area as an auxiliary support to the Greyhounds team, he said. As per preliminary reports, bodies of six ultras, including four women, belonging to the Kistaram area committee of Maoists, were recovered from the spot, the official said. Terming the operation as a huge success, Sukma Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma claimed security forces inflicted a heavy blow to the Kistaram area committee of Maoists, which had been instrumental in carrying out various deadly attacks in the past.

Earlier in the day, Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt said the ultras were killed in a joint operation of the Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police and the CRPF. He said they received a tip-off that Maoists were trying to attack the security forces and combing was stepped up in the area.

SP Sunil Sharma claimed security forces inflicted a heavy blow to Kistaram area committee of Maoists