Indian police announced on Monday that at least five Maoist rebels were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chatra district of northern Indian state of Jharkhand.
Quoting Chatra Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ranjan, the Press Trust of India said, “Five Maoists were killed and several others suffered bullet injuries.
The bodies of all the red rebels have been recovered.” The encounter took place under Lawalong police station area along the Chatra-Palamu border around 160 kilometers from state capital Ranchi. The police recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from the spot. Maoist rebels are active in various Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar and Maharashtra.
The banned group is waging an armed struggle for decades against the government and its developmental projects in order to establish a communist society toppling the current system which they call as semi-feudal and semi-colonial.
Source: Kuwait News Agency