2 Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

The two Naxalites killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district a day ago carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 16 lakh, police said on Saturday.

Hidma Podiyam (34) and Munna Madkam (25), members of military platoon no. 1 of the outlawed CPI (Maoists), were neutralised in a gunfight with a team of the



District Reserve Guard in the forest of the south-west region of the district on Friday, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav said.

He said that the security forces recovered a .303 rifle, a 12-bore gun, eight rounds, batteries, cordex wire, scanner set, Maoist literature and other related materials from the encounter site.