Chhattisgarh encounter: 8 Naxalites, 1 security personnel killed
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Narayanpur: In an encounter that took place in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, eight Naxalites and one security personnel were killed, according to authorities.
According to them, the incident resulted in injuries to two additional security personnel.
The gunfight broke out this morning in the forest of Abhujmad when a joint team of security personnel from four districts - Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada and Kondagaon - was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a senior police official in Raipur said.
The exchange of fire is still underway, he added.
"Eight Naxalites have been killed in the face-off so far. One jawan was martyred in the gunfight and two others suffered injuries," he added.
The operation involving the personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from four districts, the Special Task Force (STF) and the 53rd battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was launched on June 12, he said.
With PTI inputs