Three naxals killed in gun-battle in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

May 21, 2016 17:26

Three naxals, including a couple, were today gunned down in a fierce encounter with security forces at different places of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region, police said.

The naxal couple, active in Darbha division of Maoist, was killed in the skirmish that took place at around 2:50 am between ultras and a joint team of security forces in jungles of Gangaloor under Bijapur police station area, district

Additional Superintendent of Police, Indira Kalyan Elesela,

told PTI.

They were identified as LOS (local organisation squad)

'commander' of Darbha 'division' Manoj Hapka and his wife

Tati, a member of the same squad, the ASP said.

The operation involving composite forces of Central

Reserve Police Force 85th battalion, CRPF's elite unit

Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) 204th battalion

with the support of Gangaloor police was launched last night.

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