Woman Maoist with Rs 5 lakh bounty killed in Sukma

A woman Maoist wanted in nine incidents of violence and carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, police said.

The gun battle broke out in the morning on a forested hill between Gufdi and Permapara villages under Gadiras police station limits, when a team of District Reserve Guard, a unit of state police, was out on a search operation, said an official.

The operation was launched based on inputs about the presence of Maoists in the area, according to the official.


After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a woman Maoist, identified as Buski Nuppo (35), was recovered from the encounter site, the official said.

Besides, a 315 bore rifle, its five cartridges, one wireless set, eight detonators, Cordex wire (of about 10 metres), four gelatin rods, gunpowder, a radio, Maoist literature and other material were also seized from the spot, he added.

Nuppo, a member of the Malangir area committee of Maoists, was wanted in nine serious Maoist-related cases in three police stations of Sukma and Dantewada, the official said.

With the latest action, 247 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year. Of them, 218 were eliminated in the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, while 27 others were gunned down in Gariaband district, which falls in Raipur division.

Two other Maoists were killed in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district in Durg division.

Ten Maoists, including a central committee member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), Modem Balakrishna, were killed in an encounter in the state's Gariaband district on September 11, according to police.