An encounter broke out between safety personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar area on Saturday, a senior police official mentioned.
The gunfight broke out at round 8 am in a forest in north Abujhmad alongside the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts when a joint group of safety personnel was out in anti-Naxalite operation, he mentioned.
Personnel belonging to the Border Safety Pressure (BSF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Particular Job Pressure (STF) are concerned within the operation, he mentioned.
The intermittent alternate of fireside was nonetheless underway and additional particulars had been awaited, he added.