2 'commander-rank' cadres among 4 Naxals killed in Dantewada
August 17, 2016 22:03
Four Naxals, including a 'commander-rank' woman cadre and another wanted in the deadly Jiram Valley attack, were on Wednesday gunned down while a jawan was injured in a fierce encounter between security personnel and the ultras in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
The encounter took place in wee hours in the restive Dabba-Kunna hills when the joint team of CRPF, District Reserve Group and STF was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap told PTI.
"While four cadres, including two Maoist commanders, were killed, a jawan was also injured in the face-off," he said.
Based on specific inputs, the operation was launched by security forces last night to flush out the ultras hiding in the forests near Dabba and Kunna villages, the SP said.
The two villages are located on top of a hill which lies along the Dantewada and Sukma districts border, about 500 km from the state capital Raipur.
A group of armed Naxals opened indiscriminate fire at the security personnel close to Dabba village following which an encounter broke out between the two sides.
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