Key Highlights
- in the forest of the southern part of the district when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.
- So far, the bodies of two Maoists along with one AK-47 rifle, one 9-mm pistol and other arms and explosives have been recovered from the encounter site, he said.
- The operation is still underway in the area, he added.
- With this action, at least 22 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in the State so far this year.
- On January 3, fourteen Maoists were gunned down in two encounters in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur.
