Encounter breaks out between cops and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

An encounter erupted between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, and CRPF’s CoBRA units engaged in an ongoing anti-Maoist operation in west Bastar forests

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, a police official said. The exchange of fire started in the morning in a forest of west Bastar division of Maoists when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.

Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force, both units of the State police, and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action- an elite unit of CRPF), were involved in the operation, the official said.

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An intermittent gunfight was underway. Further details are awaited, he added.