In a significant development, an encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district.
A senior official speaking of the details of the encounter said, a gun fire erupted between security forces and the Naxalites. Further details are awaited.
Significantly, the present encounter came days after as many as 19 Naxalites, three of them carrying bounty, were arrested by the security forces in separate operations in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Joint teams of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), 219th and 150th battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force and 201st battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action — an elite unit of CRPF) were involved in the operations.
(This is a developing story. More details will be ahdded)