Narayanpur – Three female Maoists killed in action following exchange of fire with security forces

In a major success for the security forces grappling with the outlawed CPI Maoist, three female cadres of the Maoist group have been neutralised in an encounter with a joint team of security forces in Maoist’s stronghold of Abujhmaad.

According to the media reports, the operation was lunched following the police received credible inputs of Maoist movement near the inter-district border of Kanker and Narayanpur.

A joint team comprising of personnel from Special Task Force, District Reserve Guard and Border Security Force was then dispatched to the location on Thursday morning, August 29 who established contact with the outlaws around 8 am, leading to fierce exchange of fire between the Maoists and the forces.

Upon searching the area after the gunfight, body of three female Maoists in uniform was recovered from the spot. The security team have further seized huge cache of arms and ammunition from the site of the gunfight.

The development has been confirmed by Prabhat Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Narayanpur, who informed that the Maoists opened fire on the search team on Thursday morning, leading to neutralisation of three female Maoist cadres in the retaliatory fire.

With the latest inclusion, the overall tally of Maoists killed in the last 8 months has surpassed the 180 mark indicating amplified operations by the security forces in the state marred by Maoist insurgency since long.