Hidma Podiyam (34) and Munna Madkam (25), members of navy platoon no. 1 of the outlawed CPI (Maoists), have been neutralised in a gunfight with a crew of the District Reserve Guard within the forest of the south-west area of the district on Friday, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav mentioned.
He mentioned that the safety forces recovered a .303 rifle, a 12-bore gun, eight rounds, batteries, cordex wire, scanner set, Maoist literature and different associated supplies from the encounter web site.
In one of many main strikes on Naxalites, safety forces gunned down Modem Balakrishna alias Manoj, a Central Committee Member (CCM) of the banned outfit carrying a reward of Rs 1.80 crore, and 9 different cadres throughout a fierce encounter on the hills of Rajadera-Matal underneath Mainpur police station limits of the state on Thursday.
To this point this 12 months, 243 Naxalites have been killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh.
Of them, 214 have been eradicated within the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, whereas 27 others have been gunned down in Gariaband district, which falls within the Raipur division. Two different Naxalites have been killed in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district in Durg division.