2 women among 7 Maoists killed in C'garh encounter

SEVEN cadres, including two women of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in uniform, were gunned down by security forces in a fierce encounter along the inter-district borders of Narayanpur-Dantewada in Abujhmad area, south Chhattisgarh on Thursday.

- EJAZ KAISER @ Raipur

"Based on specific inputs about the presence of Maoists in the south Abujhmad (meaning unfamiliar land) region, a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) from four districts, Special Task Force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) left on the planned anti-Maoist search operation on November 10. As the search campaign moved ahead, an encounter resulted at around 3 am on Thursday after the Maoists opened fire on the forces who came close to their location. So far, seven bodies of Maoists have been recovered from the encounter