New Delhi: Four people were killed on Wednesday in Basaguda village of Bastar region as a large number of armed Naxalites attacked a relief camp and looted arms.
About 250 armed Naxals attacked the relief camp, where about 1,000 people had taken shelter due to Naxal threat following anti-Naxal drives, and opened fire.
A gun battle ensued that lasted for 15 minutes, as security personnel retaliate. Later, Police found 10 petrol bombs at the battle site.
About 60,000 villagers from over 650 forested villages are staying in 19 government-run relief camps in Dantewada and Bijapur districts since the beginning of anti-Naxal drive ‘Salwa Judum’ on June 6, 2005 in Bastar region, where naxalites are active for over two decades.
Chhattisgarh is the worst hit of 13 states affected by Naxalite violence.
After the 'Salwa Judum' or peace campaign, the state government had recruited villagers as Special Police Officers and imparted arms training to them.
According to police, about 400 people, including 321 civilians, have been killed in Naxalite violence since January in the state.
In a separate incident two Naxalites were arrested from Raghunathpur village of Bihar's Gaya district on Wednesday and a cache of firearms was recovered from them.
On a tip off, a team of Fatehpur police station raided the village and arrested two CPI (Maoist) activists. One SLR, one carbine, one rifle and two country made pistols have been recovered from them.
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