RAIPUR: Two Naxalite women were killed in an encounter with security forces in gariaband district from Chhattisgarh on Monday. TO CoBRA Command He also suffered minor injuries in the shooting.
A joint team of security personnel comprising Chhattisgarh District Reserve Guards, CRPF, CoBRA and Odisha Special Operations Group (SOG) launched an anti-Naxal operation, based on specific information about the presence of Naxalites in the forests of Gariaband.
Police said an encounter took place in the forests of Mainpur region of the district along the borders of Chhattisgarh and neighboring Odisha. The gunfight broke out in the morning and intermittent firing continued till night, and the bodies of two Naxalite women were recovered from the spot. The meeting continues until the presentation of this report.
Gariaband SP Nikhil Rakhecha told reporters that a jawan belonging to CoBRA suffered a minor bullet injury and was airlifted to Raipur for treatment, where his condition is said to be stable.
With the latest killings, Chhattisgarh recorded a Naxal death toll of 28 this year, while 219 Naxalites were killed in separate encounters last year.