Security forces gun down Maoist rebel in Chhattisgarh
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh):Security forces gunned down a suspected Maoist rebel in the dense forest region of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Officials said the rebel was shot dead in a gunfight at Pongur village, near Bijapur. "A body has been
recovered during the search, pipe bombs, detonator, Maoist literature and photographs
have also been recovered," said RK Vij, Inspector General of Police, Chattisgarh
police. In September, at least at least 24 Maoist rebels and one senior police
officer were killed in a gun battles in the remote jungle in Chhattisgarh. The
rebels, who claim that they are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless
labourers, are expanding their influence in the rural areas of east, central and
southern India.
