Four Maoists were shot dead and a state police constable martyred in an armed confrontation between security forces and Maoists in the Abujhmad forest on Sunday.
Superintendent of Police, Dantewada, Gaurav Rai, reported that a joint operation was executed on Saturday evening in the woodland of South Abujhmad, near the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts, following intelligence about the appearance of Maoists.
After the shootout, security forces retrieved the bodies of four Maoists, with automatic weapons, including an AK-47 rifle and a self-loading rifle (SLR), from the site.
Head constable of the district reserve guard (DRG), Sannu Karam, also sacrificed his life in the encounter, the SP admitted. The search operation in the area is ongoing, and further updates are provided later.
