5 Maoists Killed In 2 Encounters In Chhattisgarh, Jawan Injured: Police
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In Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, a woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, was killed during a gunfight, said an official.
At least five Maoists, including two woman, were killed in two separate encounters with security personnel in Sukma district and the forests along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Tuesday morning, police said.
In the Sukma district, a dreaded woman Maoist, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, was gunned down during the gunfight between Maoists and the personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from the Sukma, Dantewada and Bastar, an official said.
Another skirmish broke out between Maoists and security personnel in the forests along the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in the morning hours.
"A team of special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of neighbouring Telangana police had launched a counter-insurgency operation along the forest of Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) and Mulugu (Telangana) districts after receiving inputs about the movement of Maoist leader Sudhakar along with 40 armed Naxal cadres in the area," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told news agency PTI.
