After killing of 2 Maoist leaders, bodies of 5 cadres found in Indravati National Park

According to officials, Sudhakar was the person in charge of the outfit’s ideological training ground, the Revolutionary Political School as well as its Central Regional Bureau. Bhaskar, a resident of Urumadla village in Telangana’s Adilabad district, was the secretary of the Mancherial-Komarambheem division of the Telangana State Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit.

“Later, during encounters on Friday-Saturday night, three bodies were recovered. And, on Saturday, two more were found during an exchange of fire. Two are women,” said Inspector General of Police for Bastar Range, Sundarraj P.

“Search and area domination operations are still ongoing in the surrounding forested terrain to track any remaining Maoist cadres and to ensure complete sanitisation of the region,” said Bijapur Superintendent of police, Jitendra Yadav.

“A few security personnel suffered injuries due to snake bites, honey bee stings, dehydration and other operational injuries. They are being provided medical attention. Right now their condition is normal and out of danger,” said Additional Superintendent of Police (Naxal operations), Mayank Gurjar.

This takes the total number of Maoists killed this year to 209, including 192 in the Bastar region. Last year, 219 Maoists were killed in Chhattisgarh, including 217 in the Bastar region.