India News | Chhattisgarh: At Least Five Naxals Injured in Encounter in Sukma District
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Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 20 (ANI): At least five naxalites were injured in an encounter between security forces and naxals in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
The gunfight broke out in the forests of Nagaram and Kotta Palli villages when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a unit of state police, along with the CoBRA 201 battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Bastar Fighters, a police unit aimed at combating Left-wing extremism in Chhattisgarh, were out on an anti-Naxalite operation, police said.
Explosive materials and a huge quantity of Naxal material were also found on the spot, a big Naxal camp, they said.
As of now, all soldiers are safe and the encounter is still going on, they added.
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Earlier, on December 16, four Naxalites were apprehended in connection with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast near Sadaktola village in the Kanker district which resulted in the death of BSF Head Constable Akhilesh Kumar Rai. (ANI)
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