Devotees from Chhattisgarh's Korba district were heading to the Maha Kumbh to take a dip when the Bolero they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus on the highway
Two security personnel were also injured in the exchange of fire that took place in Indravati National Park in the district. Bodies of 12 uniformed Maoists have been recovered so far from the encounter site, police said.
The gunfight broke out at a forest in Indravati National Park area in the morning when a team of security personnel was out an anti-naxalite operation, a senior police official said
The Maoists were killed in a joint operation by the Central Reserve Police Force, SoG Odisha and Chhattisgarh Police along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border
The naxalites were killed during fresh exchange of fire that took place late on Monday night and early Tuesday morning in a forest under the Mainpur police station area along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border
In a statement released to the media, Maoist South Bastar Divisional Committee secretary Ganga says Damodar died while fighting the 'fascist-Hindutva' forces
Bijapur Superintendent of Police Dr. Jitendra Kumar Yadav said in an exchange of fire between the security forces and PLGA Battalion No. 1 and Central Regional Committee (CRC) bodies of 12 hardcore naxals were recovered along with weapons
The encounter started in a forest along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation
