In a surprising huge operation that took place, 15 Naxals have been killed by the security forces.
In the Konta region of Sukma, Chhattisgarh, the police killed 15 of the Naxals in an encounter.
Senior police officials said that the operation was launched based on specific intelligence on Sunday night and that two alleged Maoists, one of them a woman who was shot in the leg, and an area committee member carrying a Rs five lakh warrant, have been held.
With 15 killed in the operation early Monday morning, 86 Maoists have been killed in Chhattisgarh so far in 2018. Sources also said that a “larger operation” is also presently underway at Sukma district, which also involved the CRPF’s elite CoBRA battalion.
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The encounter comes just two weeks after the Dantewada Police allegedly killed eight Maoists in the Timenar forests of Bijapur. In 2012, the CRPF and the Chhattisgarh Police had claimed the deaths of 17 alleged Maoists in Sarkeguda in Bijapur, in an encounter which was then called fake by villagers and activists, with a commission of inquiry on the case still in progress.
The recovered 15 dead bodies from the encounter, and 16 weapons including one 12-bore and one 315-bore rifle. While 14 are yet to be identified, one of those killed has been identified as Vanjam Hunga, commander of a militia formation.
Senior police officials also said that two Maoists, one woman who suffered a bullet injury to her leg, and one alleged Maoist identified as Deva, a Konta Area Committee Member, have been held and are being questioned. “This will be helpful for us in terms of further information about the area,” Awasthi said.
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