2 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur encounter

New Delhi: Two alleged were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, according to the police.

The gun battle took place in the morning in a forest of south-west region of the district, bordering Telangana, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation, a police official said. After the exchange of fire stopped, the bodies of two Maoists, weapons, including a .303 rifle, and explosives were recovered from the encounter site, he said, adding that the operation was still underway. On Thursday, ten Maoists, including a central committee member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), Modem Balakrishna, were killed in an encounter in the state's Gariaband district. Balakrishna carried a reward of Rs 1 crore on his head.

With the latest success, 243 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year. Of them, 214 were eliminated in the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, while 27 others were gunned down in Gariaband, which is part of the Raipur division. Two Maoists were killed in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district in Durg division.

(With Agency Inputs)