Chhattisgarh: Two naxals killed in encounter with security forces on Dantewada-Bijapur border

A police officer said that the encounter started in the Indravati National Park area when a joint team of security forces went out on an anti-Naxal operation.

Bijapur: An encounter took place between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur on Saturday.

Two Maoists have died in this encounter on the Dantewada-Bijapur border. Police gave this information today.

A police officer said that the encounter started in the Indravati National Park area when a joint team of security forces went out on an anti-Naxal operation.

He said that the operation was started based on intelligence about the presence of senior Maoist cadres and intermittent firing was going on in the area since Friday.

The bodies of two male Naxalites and weapons have been recovered from the encounter site.

“So far bodies of two Naxalites and weapons have been recovered from the encounter site,” he said.

The operation, involving personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard from Dantewada, Narayanpur and Bastar districts, Bastar Fighters and Special Task Force – all units of state police – was launched based on inputs about the presence of cadres from Indravati Area Committee of Maoists, he said.

The operation is continuing and further details are awaited, he added.

With this incident, 107 Naxalites have been killed so far this year in separate encounters with security forces in the state.