Bhopal: At least seven suspected Maoists were on Saturday gunned down in an encounter with security forces near the forested village of Berrempara under Aranpur police limits in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar district of Dantewada.
Bodies of five Naxals in Maoist fatigues have so far been recovered at the encounter site till the last reports poured in the police headquarters at Raipur.
“Search operation by security forces was still on at the encounter site. So far bodies of five Naxals have been recovered along with huge cache of arms and ammunitions and explosives including one AK 47 and one INSAS assault rifles at the encounter site”, Dantewada district additional superintendent of police (ASP) G.N. Baghel told this newspaper on phone.
“We expect the casualty among the Naxals to rise”, he added. Recovery of AK 47 and INSAS assault rifles indicated that the slain Maoists may include commander ranking rebels, he added.
