Security forces kill two dreaded Naxals carrying combined bounty of Rs 1.16 crore in Chhattisgarh
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Security forces kill two dreaded Naxals carrying combined bounty of Rs 1.16 crore in Chhattisgarh New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The security forces have neutralised two dreaded naxal cadres carrying a combined bounty of Rs 1.16 crore during a gun battle in Chhattisgarh Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district. Vijay Reddy, a member of the Dandkaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC), who carried a bounty of Rs 90 lakh, and Lokesh Salame, Secretary of the Rajnandgaon-Kanker Border (RKB) division, with a reward of Rs 26 lakh on his head, were neutralised in a joint operation by the Chhattisgarh Police, District Reserve Guard (DRG), and the 27th Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on August 13 in the state insurgency-hit region. The gun battle erupted during a coordinated anti-Naxal operation, the ITBP said in a statement. Security forces had been tracking the movement of the duo in the dense forest belt when the exchange of fire broke out. According to officials, the eli...