Fierce Gun Battle Occurs Between CPI (Maoist) Squad And Police In Gondia District

Gondia District, April 8, 2023: A fierce encounter took place on Friday between police and a squad of cadres belonging to the CPI (Maoist) in Maharashtra’s Gondia district.

Acting on information that cadres of the Maoist party were camping in the area of the Dakejhari forest with the intention of carrying out military activities, security personnel began an anti-Maoist combing operation.

Upon reaching the area of the Dakejhari forest the police discovered the Maoists and ordered them to surrender. The Maoists began to fire on the security forces and a fierce encounter began which lasted thirty minutes. Hundreds of rounds were fired by both sides during the firefight with no casualties resulting on either side.

The Maoists escaped into the forest following the engagement. Following the gun battle police recovered Maoist literature and some personal items from the site.

Action is on to register a case against the Maoists who attacked the police.

Source : https://www.nagpurtoday.in/fierce-encounter-takes-place-between-police-and-naxals-in-gondia-district/04081307