India: 8 guerrillas naxalites maoists killed by security forces, 9 others arrested in Kanker district
Eight Naxalites were on Friday killed by security forces and nine captured after a gun battle during a raid on the ultra’s training camp in Bande forest area of Kanker district, police said.
“Eight Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with joint team of the district police force and the Special Task Force in the deeply forested region under Bande police station area,” Kanker’s Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhagat said.
“The body of one Maoist was recovered, while bodies of seven others must have been carried away by their colleagues,” he said, adding that nine guerrillas, including four in uniform, were arrested after a prolonged encounter.