RAIPUR: In a serious anti-insurgency operation, 9 (*9*) had been killed in an encounter with safety personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police mentioned. Bijapur district comes below the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which can go to polls within the first part of normal elections on April 19.
The gunfight came about at round 6 am in a forest close to Lendra village below Gangaloor police station space, when a joint crew of safety personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P advised PTI. After the trade of fireside stopped, our bodies of 4 (*9*) had been recovered from the spot together with a light-weight machine gun, barrel grenade launchers and different arms and ammunitions, he mentioned.
Later, 5 extra our bodies had been discovered on the encounter web site, the IG mentioned, including that search operation was nonetheless underway within the space. Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, Central Reserve Police Force and its elite unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) had been concerned within the operation, he mentioned.
Notably, (*9*) perform the Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) in the summertime season between March and June yearly and step up their actions. Numerous assaults on safety forces have taken place within the Bastar area throughout this era.
On March 27, six (*9*) had been killed in an encounter with safety forces in Basaguda space of Bijapur, police earlier mentioned. With the most recent incident, 42 (*9*) have been killed up to now this 12 months in separate encounters with safety forces in Bastar area, comprising seven districts together with Bijapur, in accordance with police.
