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The BSF has been extensively deployed in Kanker district for counter-insurgency operations.(Representational pic/Getty Images)
“Bodies of 18 Maoist cadres were recovered from the encounter spot. Seven AK series rifles and three Light Machine Guns were also recovered from the spot,” the BSF said in a statement
At least 18 Naxalites were killed by security forces in an encounter that broke out in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday. Naxal leader Shankar Rao, who had a reward of Rs 25 lakh on his head, was also among the Naxalites killed in the fierce gun battle that took place at around 2 pm in Hapatola forest between Binagunda and Koronar villages under Chhotebethiya police station limits, the state police said.
Three security personnel were also injured in the gunfight, police said.
In an anti-Naxal operation by a joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the state police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG), security personnel also recovered a large quantity of weapons from the spot.
The BSF has been extensively deployed in Kanker district for counter-insurgency operations.
“Bodies of 18 Maoist cadres were recovered from the encounter spot. Seven AK series rifles and three Light Machine Guns were also recovered from the spot,” the BSF said in a statement.
“One BSF personnel sustained bullet injury on his leg in the gunfight and he is reported to be out of danger,” the statement added.
The Chhattisgarh police said three security personnel were injured in the gunfight and they were being shifted to a hospital for treatment.
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