abolitionmedia<p><strong>Three Alleged Guerrillas Killed Battling Security Forces In Bijapur District</strong></p><p></p><p>Three individuals police claim to be cadres of CPI (Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in the Indravati region of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, a police official announced to the press today.</p><p>According to the police official, the skirmish began when a joint team of security personnel, comprising jawans from the CRPF, Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG), acting on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists along the forested terrain on the far side of Indravati river in Bhairamgarh, was out on an anti-Maoist combing operation.</p><p>In his report, the police official declared that at around 9am an encounter broke out between a squad of persons police claim were Maoists and the security forces, adding that the bodies of three alleged Maoists and a cache of weapons and explosives were recovered from the spot.</p><p>In his statement to the press, the police official said that the bodies recovered at the site of the gun battle are yet to be identified, and that there has been no report of any security personnel sustaining injuries in the firefight.</p><p>The police official concluded his remarks by stating that the encounter is still reported to be underway with intermittent firing continuing, and that more details about the skirmish are awaited.</p><p>According to police sources, Bijapur is among the seven most Maoist-affected districts in Bastar zone, and is cited by police as an epicenter of the Maoists in southern Chhattisgarh state.</p><blockquote><p>Source : <a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Apr/12/three-naxalites-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newindianexpress.com/nation/20</span><span class="invisible">25/Apr/12/three-naxalites-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-chhattisgarhs-bijapur-2</span></a></p><p>Source : <a href="https://organiser.org/2025/04/12/287104/bharat/chhattisgarh-3-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-bijapurs-indravatai-park-area/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">organiser.org/2025/04/12/28710</span><span class="invisible">4/bharat/chhattisgarh-3-maoists-killed-in-encounter-with-security-forces-in-bijapurs-indravatai-park-area/</span></a></p></blockquote><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18385" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=</span><span class="invisible">18385</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/asia/" target="_blank">#asia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/guerrilla/" target="_blank">#guerrilla</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/india/" target="_blank">#india</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/maoism/" target="_blank">#maoism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/repression/" target="_blank">#repression</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#resistance</a></p>