Encounter breaks out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

A firefight erupted between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, during an anti-Maoist operation in Bhairamgarh-Indravati. Intermittent firing continues. Earlier, three Naxalites with bounties totaling Rs 12 lakh were killed in Sukma district

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, a police official said.

The exchange of fire started in the morning in the forested hills of Bhairamgarh-Indravati area when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Naxalite operation following inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, he said.

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Intermittent firing is underway, and further details are awaited, he added.

Three Naxalites, including a woman, collectively carrying rewards of Rs 12 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Sukma district on Thursday, police had said earlier.