India News | Chhattisgarh: Infant Killed, Mother and 2 DRG Jawans Injured in Encounter with Naxals in Bijapur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 6-month-old girl was killed and her mother was hurt in firing between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Monday, which also left two District Reserve Guard jawans injured, an official said.
Raipur, Jan 1 (PTI) A 6-month-old girl was killed and her mother was hurt in firing between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh on Monday, which also left two District Reserve Guard jawans injured, an official said.
The gunfight took place at around 5pm in a forest near Mutvandi village under Gangaloor police station limits when a DRG team was out on an anti-Naxal operation, the official said.
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The injured woman and the two jawans have been hospitalised, while a search operation was underway at the site of the encounter by personnel from the DRG and the Central Reserve Police Force, he said.
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