Chhattisgarh: Another senior Maoist carrying Rs 45 lakh bounty, killed in Bijapur encounter

RAIPUR

Another senior Maoist rank cadre was killed in an encounter on Friday, that broke out in same area where a central committee member Sudhakar was neutralized on Thursday in forests of Bijapur district.

The encounter was part of the same anti-Maoist operation underway since Wednesday being carried out by personnel from the state police's Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) and CoBRA.Intermittent firing between security forces and the Maoist ultras took place the whole day and after the guns fell silent, security forces recovered body of Maoist Bhaskar, a 45-year-old, who carried cash bounty of Rs 25 lakh in Chhattisgarh and Rs 20 lakh in Telangana.Bhaskar was a Special Zonal Committee member of Telangana State Committee and was reportedly operating in the dense forests of Indravati National Park — a known Maoist stronghold.Speaking to TOI, Bastar range inspector general of police P Sundarraj said, “As part of the ongoing anti-Naxal operation in the National Park area of Bijapur district, security forces have recovered the dead body of another male cadre. Preliminary identification indicates that the recovered body is that of Bhaskar alias Mailarapu Adellu, a member of the Telangana State Committee.”

IG stated that an AK-47 rifle along with other explosives, weapons, and ammunition have been recovered from the encounter site.“Bhaskar, a resident of Adilabad district in Telangana, was the Secretary of the Mancherial-Komarambheem (MKB) division of the CPI (Maoist) outfit,” IG said. In the same operation on June 5, security forces recovered body of Central Committee member Gautam alias Sudhakar along with an AK-47 rifle. The search operation in the area is still ongoing to trace other Maoist cadres in the nearby area. Detailed information regarding other Maoist casualties and recoveries will be shared after the operation concludes and full confirmation is received.

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