C'garh:2 Naxals killed in encounter with police

Security forces killed two Naxals in an encounter in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning. The gunbattle broke out in a forest near Gumiyapal village, located around 400 km from Raipur when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told reporters.

Dantewada:Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning.

"The gunbattle broke out in a forest near Gumiyapal village, located around 400 km from Raipur when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Naxal operation," Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava told reporters.

"There was a heated exchange of fire when the security personnel tried to zero-in on the rebels, following which the latter escaped into the forest," he said.

"During the search of the encounter spot, bodies of two ultras and two firearms - a .303 rifle and a muzzle-loading gun - were recovered," Pallava said.

"Those killed were identified as Deva and Mamgli alias Mui, who were active members of the Malangir area committee of Maoists and carried rewards of Rs 5 lakh each on their heads," he said.

"A suspected woman Naxal, identified as Kosi, was also arrested from the spot," the official said, adding the search operation was still underway in the area.