Bijapur: 2 more Naxalites killed on 2nd day of operation; toll rises to 6

BIJAPUR: A day after four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, two more Maoist cadres were neutralised during the same operation in the region on Sunday, said police.

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The latest exchange of fire occurred in the morning in the forested hills of the district's northwestern region, where a joint team of security forces has been conducting an anti-Naxalite operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav said.

Four Maoists were killed during the same operation on Saturday. They were identified as senior cadre Dilip Vedja, who was a divisional committee member, area committee members Madvi Kosa and Lakkhi Madkam, and party member Radha Metta.