Raipur, Oct 1 (Inditop.com) Chhattisgarh Police gunned down two Maoists in a forested area in the restive Bastar region Thursday evening, police said.
The gunfight broke out in Nalkathong forested area in Dantewada district, some 450 km south of capital Raipur, when a joint combing team of District Force (DF) and Special Police Officers (SPOs) opened fire on a group of armed guerrillas.
“The dead bodies of both the guerrillas were recovered from the encounter site along with 12 bore guns,” Amresh Mishra, superintendent of police, Dantewada, told Inditop by phone.
He said that nine people were also detained from the area and police were interrogating them.
