An intense encounter is underway between security forces and Naxals in the dense Abujmarh forests along the Narayanpur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh. The exchange of fire, ongoing since 3 a.m., follows a separate Naxal clash in Bijapur where one was killed and two DRG personnel were injured.
The confrontation took place during a faceoff between security forces and Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh.
The gunfight took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday in a forest near Burgum village under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and the 201st battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), an elite unit of the CRPF, were involved in the operation to ensure security for the ongoing road construction works in interior areas, he said.
Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.
The gunfight took place in the wee hours at a forest near Minpa village under Chintagufa police station limits.
A Naxal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head and wanted in nearly 25 criminal cases, killed in an encounter with security forces.
Indian captain Virat Kohli and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja paid tribute to the brave jawans who were martyred in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh.
The encounter took place on Friday night at Pardhauni village under Manpur police station limits, located over 150 kms from Raipur, when a team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation.
The incident comes days after 39 Maoists were gunned down by security forces in Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.
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