Ahmad Adil
06 July 2019•Update: 07 July 2019
CHANDIGARH, India
Four Naxal rebels including three women were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Saturday.
“There was an exchange of fire today morning, and in the operation four Naxal cadres were killed. We have recovered the bodies and three of them are women,” Sundarraj P, the state’s deputy inspector general for anti-Naxal operations, told Anadolu Agency.
The encounter took place in the forest area of the Dhamtari district on Saturday morning.
The Naxalites are an insurgent group which draws inspiration from far-left radical communists, supportive of Maoist political ideology.
The Maoist rebels have been fighting for more than three decades in eastern and central India for what they describe as the rights of tribal people in the region.
On May 1, 16 Indian security personnel were killed in a bomb attack by Naxals in the western state of Maharashtra.
