Gariaband, Jan 20 (PTI) Security forces gunned down two Naxalites in an encounter on Monday in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, police said.

The exchange of fire occurred in a forest under the Mainpur police station area along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border during an anti-Naxal operation by security personnel, a police official said.

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The bodies of two Naxalites were recovered from the site, he said.

With the latest incident, 28 Naxalites have been killed so far in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh in January.

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In a major operation, 12 Naxalites were killed by security personnel in Bijapur district on January 16.

A total of 219 Naxals were neutralised by security forces in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh in 2024, officials had said.

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