NewzVille Desk
In an intense encounter between security forces and Maoists in Bijapur’s National Park area, Chhattisgarh, resulted in the death of Sudhakar alias Nar Singhachalam, a Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist). He was a dreaded naxalite with a one crore rupees on his head.
The gunfight erupted on early Thursday following intelligence inputs about presence of senior Maoist cadres in the dense forest. A joint team of District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, and COBRA commandos launched a coordinated counter-insurgency operation .
Bastar Police said the operation was based on credible inputs about the presence of top Maoist leaders in the said area. Initial reports indicate a major success in the ongoing anti-Naxal efforts in the region.
Search and clearance operations are still underway to capture more maoists in the area.
