At least seven suspected Naxals, including three women, were caught after an encounter took place between security forces and the militants in Chhattisgarh‘s Narayanpur district last night.
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The incident took place near Tekanar village. The firing started after Naxals ambushed a police party who were patrolling near the village where a road was being constructed.
“The firing lasted for 10 minutes. The party returned to Dhanora by 7 am, after conducting a search operation at the spot,” Superintendent of Police, Narayanpur, Santosh said.
Earlier this month, the Maoists had set ablaze a tractor and other machines involved in road construction in the district.
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The police said that nearly 50 armed Maoists barged in the area and torched the vehicles at a construction site after threatening the contractors to stop the work.