Hindustan Times reports that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed two villagers in Bijapur District on
May 16 suspecting them to be Police
informers.
Separately, six Policemen were injured, two of them critically,
in an encounter with the Maoists at
Chindgarh in Sukma District early
in the day. The Sukma Additional Superintendent
of Police Surjan Ram Bhagat said that
the Maoists targeted the Police party
which was on a search operation. They
detonated couple of landmine blasts
and opened fire on the force.
Meanwhile, normal life was affected in interior parts of Bastar
region due to the Bharat bandh
(All India shut down strike) call
given on May 16. The CPI-Maoist
had given a call for Bharat bandh
against the presence of Army in Bastar
and the anti-Maoist operations by
the Security Forces. | 
