Encounter Breaks Out Between Security Personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on late Friday morning, a senior police official said.

The gunfight started out at around 11 am in a forest on the tri-junction of Usoor-Basaguda-Pamed in the district, when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.

The exchange of fire was still underway and further details were awaited, the official added.