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A Maoist operative was killed throughout an encounter with safety forces in the buffer zone of the Kanha forest reserve in Balaghat district, police mentioned on Saturday.
Police recognized the deceased operative as 25-year-old Sharda and mentioned she was an space committee member of the Khatiya Mocha Dalam underneath the Bhartiya Communist Party. She was a resident of Bijapur district in the Bastar area, officers mentioned.
According to Balaghat police, they obtained details about a gathering of round 15 Maoist operatives in Malkheda gram in the early hours of Saturday. Two groups of about 50 personnel every from Baihar police station have been dispatched to the location, they added.
The two groups surrounded the operatives on the spot of the gathering. Balaghat IG KP Venkateshwara Rao informed The Indian Express: “There was firing for around 30 minutes and in the cross-fire, while some operatives managed to escape, Sharda was gunned down. A few others are suspected to be injured.”
Investigation revealed that Sharda had 9 circumstances in opposition to her in Balaghat, eight in Kabirdham and one in Rajnandgaon. She additionally had a bounty of about Rs Eight lakh on her head. Sharda is the second Maoist operative to be killed in the final two months in the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border area, the place, police say, there was a rise in Maoist exercise.
© The Indian Express (P) Ltd
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