"chhattisgarh-naxal-encounter"

The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in the forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation

Three to four naxals were said to have been injured in an encounter between the security forces and Maoists in Mandagiri forests of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh

The skirmish took place on Aamdai Ghati (valley) under Chhotedongar police station limits when a Road Opening Party (ROP) of the ITBP's 45th battalion was out on patrolling duty.

The Naxal was killed in an exchange of fire with the members of the District Reserve Guard at 6 am in the jungles of Neelawaya.

Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who hails from Jammu, was taken captive by the Naxals during the ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.