- विज्ञापन -
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): The Security forces in Chhattisgarh have claimed to kill eight naxalites in an encounter at Bijapur district on Saturday, officials said.
Official sources said that the gunfight broke out around 8.30 am in the forest in Gangaloor police station area and search operations were still being carried out, police further said.
He also said that eight naxals have been killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and Naxals in the jungle under Gangaloor PS limit.
However, search operations are underway in the area.
District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Cobra 202 and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 222 battalion are involved in an anti-Maoist operation that was launched on Friday after receiving information about the presence of armed Naxalites in West Bastar Division.
More details are awaited.
