India News | Encounter Breaks out Between Security Forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday morning, a senior police official said.
Bijapur, Apr 12 (PTI) An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday morning, a senior police official said.
The gunfight occurred around 9 am in a forest in the Indravati National Park area where a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, the official said.
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He said that an intermittent exchange of fire was still underway, and further details are awaited.
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