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Encounter Breaks Out Between Security Forces, Naxals in Bijapur

Gunfight reported in forested area as joint security teams engage Naxalites during anti-insurgency operation.

An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, a police official said. The exchange of fire started in a forest of the Indravati National Park when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation following inputs about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, he said. An intermittent gunfight is underway, and further details are awaited, he added.

( Source : PTI )
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