Three women among four Naxalites killed in encounter with police in MP's Balaghat
The encounter occured in the Pachama Dadar forests near Laugur village under the Baihar police station area of the Balaghat district of southeastern MP during the ongoing cordon and search operation of the combined forces of CRPF, state police's special Hawk Force and Balaghat and Mandla district police.
Three women Maoist cadres were killed in the exchange of fire amid heavy rains lashing the forests.
As the search and combing teams of the police and central paramilitary force, including the CRPF's COBRA team, moved into dense forests, the bodies of the three women Maoists were recovered.
As the security forces moved further into the forests, they spotted the hideout of the armed Maoist cadres. Seeing the security forces enter the forest, the armed LWE cadres started firing. In the retaliatory firing, a male outlaw was gunned down, while the others escaped from the spot, leaving the arms, ammunition and other belongings behind. All four slain Maoist cadres have yet to be identified.
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