So far this year, 123 Naxalites have been killed and 136 firearms recovered in 71 encounters in Bastar division, comprising Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma districts, police said, adding during the same period, 339 Naxalites have surrendered in the division.
Superintendent of Police Neelotpal said an AK-47 rifle, a carbine, an INSAS rifle, Naxal literature and items were found at the encounter spot.
In a targeted operation against the Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said a naxalite was killed in an encounter.
According to the officials, the encounter with Naxal members broke out in the evening in a forest near Mutvandi village under Gangaloor police station limits.
Bijapur Naxal encounter: IG Bastar P Sundarraj said that the police had received input regarding the Maoists planning an IED attack in the Pusnar and Hiroli village area.
The incident took place at Timmapur-Putkel under Basaguda police station area of the district when a CRPF patrol comprising personnel from 'F company' of its 168th battalion was out for a road opening and sanitising duty.
A woman Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada districton Monday.
A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, officials said.
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.
An encounter broke out between security forces and naxals in forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on March 21.
A CRPF commando, who was injured in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district last week, died at a private hospital in Raipur on Tuesday, police said.
Seven naxals have been killed by security forces in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon.
A few weapons were also recovered from the spot, he said, adding more details were awaited as the search operation was still underway in the area.
According to PTI, the Naxals blew up an anti-landmine vehicle in the poll-bound state
Chhattisgarh: 14 naxals killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma
The encounter is still on as more Naxals are expected to be hidden in the area.
The gunbattle began around 7 am in the Dalbhaga-Arki area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district when a joint team of the 209th Battalion of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the Jharkhand Police was out for an operation.
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