Raipur, India – Indian security forces killed at least 16 Maoists during a fierce gun battle on Saturday, police said, as New Delhi ramps up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency.
More than 10,000 people have been killed in the decades-long “Naxalite” rebellion, whose members say they are fighting for the rights of marginalised people in India’s resource-rich central regions.
Saturday’s skirmish in Chhattisgarh state began after security forces launched a raid in the dense forests of Sukma district, police chief P. Sundarraj told wire service.__The Nation
