Chhattisgarh: Security forces kill senior Maoist commander of central committee in Bastar | Raipur News
RAIPUR:
A senior Maoist commander who was a Central Committee member was killed in an encounter in Bijapur district of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. The CC member was identified as Gautam alias Sudhakar who carried Rs 40 lakh cash bounty in Chhattisgarh.Reliable sources confirmed to TOI about CC member Gautam getting neutralized and further details will be divulged in sometime. Gautam was also in charge Central Region Bureau and carried an assault weapon AK 47. Senior police officers told TOI that a joint team of security personnel marched towards forests of Indravati National Park area in Bijapur district, based on intelligence inputs regarding the presence of senior Maoist cadres in the region. An anti-Maoist operation was immediately launched after the inputs.Bastar range inspecror general of police P Sundarraj said that the input was specific in nature indicating the presence of Central Committee member Gautam alias Sudhakar, Telangana State Committee member Bandi Prakash, Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee member Pappa Rao, and a few other armed Maoist cadres.Acting on this input, joint troops of Special Task Force, District reserve Guards and CoBRA were launched for the search in the area.Preliminary reports suggest a strong possibility of major success for the security forces in the ongoing anti-Maoist operation and the search is still underway.
