Two Maoists Killed In Encounter With Security Personnel In Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
NDTV
Police nabbed three women in the operation who were working as watchers for Maoists, an official said.
A divisional committee-rank Maoist carrying at least two rewards totaling Rs 21 lakh on her head was among two Maoists killed in an encounter with security forces, including C-60 commandos from neighbouring Maharashtra, in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, police said.
Police nabbed three women in the operation who were working as watchers for Maoists, a Maharashtra police official said.
The woman Maoist killed in the encounter was identified as Kanthi Lingavva alias Anitha (41), a divisional committee rank cadre. She was carrying a reward of Rs 16 lakh on her head in Maharashtra. Similarly, the Telangana government had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh bounty, a senior Chhattisgarh police officer said.
The identity of the other Maoist, a male, gunned down by security forces was yet to be ascertained, he added.
