According to a official report, it is said that DRG, CRPF 229, and CoBRA teams were connected with this encounter, and the encounter took place near the forest area of Chikurbatti-Pusbaka in Bijapur district.
According to a police report, on Wednesday including women cadres six naxalites died in Chhattisgarh Bijapur district. The shootout took place in the forest area of Chikurbatti-Pusbaka village near Basaguda police station in Bijapur district. An Inspector General of police Sundarraj P stated in an media report that th e incident happened when a security team went for a anti-Naxal expedition.
He also added that District Reserve Guard , Central Reserve Police Force and its upper class unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action also popularly known as CoBRA were involved in this shootout. He said – After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of six Naxalites, including a woman, were recovered from the spot and the search operation is still underway in the area.
Bijapur district falls in the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency and its first phase of general instruction took place on 19th April. This breaking story has more informational updates yet to come come.
