Seven Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in a gunfight with Security Forces (SFs) in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh early on August 3 (today), reports The Pioneer. The exchange of fire occurred around 6 am in the forest near Sitagota village under Baghnadi Police Station limits, when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Sundarraj P said. So far, seven bodies along with a huge cache of weapons, including one AK-47, have been found from the encounter spot, the DIGP said. The identities of the slain Maoists are yet to be established.
Meanwhile, three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were found and defused at a weekly market in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on August 2, reports Yahoo News. The IEDs were recovered during a joint operation of District Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Errabor weekly market, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Akhilesh Kaushik confirmed. "We got the information that IEDs were planted here. We carried out a demining operation and found three IEDs. We have defused them. They were around two kilograms in weight," the SDPO said. Three IEDs were recovered and defused last week in the same area.