Five Naxalites Killed, 2 Security Personnel Injured in Encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Begion

Raipur: Five Naxalites were killed and two security personnel injured in an anti-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Saturday, a senior police official said.

gunfight broke out at around 8 am in a forest in north Abujhm along border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.

Personnel belonging to Border Security Force (BSF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) are involved in operation, he said.

bodies of five Naxalites and a cache of firearms have been recovered from spot so far, official said, ding that a search operation is still underway in area.

Two security personnel sustained injuries in exchange of fire. y have been shifted to state capital Raipur for treatment and are out of danger, he said.

Including this incident, bodies of 197 Naxalites have been recovered so far this year following separate encounters in state’s Bastar region, comprising seven districts including Kanker and Narayanpur, police said. 

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