Malkangiri: As many as three hard core Maoists were gunned down by the security forces during an Exchange of Fire (EOF) between the security forces and ultras in the jungle in the border of Odisha’s Malkangiri district. Huge cache of Maoist explosives as well as arms and ammunitions recovered.
As per reports, the DRG jawans were conducting a combing operation in the Koyalbeda forest area under Kanker district of Chhattisgarh in Malkangiri border on Sunday when they stumbled upon a big gang of Maoists.
After witnessing each other at a distance, the Maoists opened fire at the security forces and in exchange the DRG jawans also cross fired. In this exchange of fire at least 3 Maoists were killed following bullet injury.
Following the gun-battle, the security personnel initiated a search operation in the area and recovered 3 rifles and a huge cache of Maoist explosives from the spot. Further search operation is underway in the area.
Ms Kalinga