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Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district | Security forces killed two Maoist rebels in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh after a fierce gun battle on Tuesday. The incident took place in thick-forested village of Surakhera in Bijapur district, about 450 kilometres from Raipur. KL Nand,
Station House Officer (SHO), Bijapur said that Maoists opened fire, which was
retaliated and the two Maoists including one woman, were killed. The gun battle
continued for 90 minutes. A loaded gun, some tiffin bombs and Maoist literature
were recovered from the site. The Maoists have stepped up violence across eastern
and central India. They have attacked schools and police stations, and used landmines
and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to disrupt infrastructure development
projects. The main objective of the Maoists is to prevent the development of infrastructure
in remote areas, which so far has remained their exclusive domain. Thousands have
been killed by Maoists in the recent past. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described
the Maoist threat one of the gravest homegrown threats to India's internal security.
The rebels claim they are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless
labourers. |
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