Chhattisgarh: Four maoists killed in encounter in Sukma

“Early in the morning, at around 6 am, there was an encounter with the Maoists in the jungles near Karkanguda. After the encounter finished, searching revealed four uniformed Maoist bodies, two males and two females. Apart from this we have recovered one INSAS rifle, two 303 rifles, one bharmar and other explosives,” Sundar Raj said.

Two of the four dead have thus far been identified as Doodhi Hidma, and Ayte, both members of the PLGA-1, military battalion number one of the Maoists and carry a reward of 8 lakhs against them. “This is an area which is on the border of Sukma and Bijapur and is the core area of military battalion number one. An encounter like this shows the courage of our security forces,” a press release issued by the state police said.