Eight Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight

Raipur April 27 (IANS) Eight Maoists - six of them women - were killed in a joint operation by Chattisgarh and Telangana security personnel near the inter-state boundary in Chhatisgarh s Bijapur district on Friday police said.

Chhattisgarh s Director General Anti-Naxal (Maoist) Operations D.M. Avasthi told reporters that the gunfight between the Maoists and the security forces which included Chattisgarh s DRG and STF Telangana s elite Greyhounds the Central Reserve Police Force s Cobra Battalion took place in the Eyrmidi police station area.

The Indian Air Force also played a key role in recovering the bodies from the spot he said adding that the killed rebels were being identified.

According to Avasthi a large haul of arms ammunition and explosives recovered after the two-hour gunfight in the mountainous area.

--IANS
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