Encounter breaks out between security forces, Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur

An encounter broke out between security forces and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Thursday, a police official said.

The exchange of fire occurred at a forest in Abhujmaad when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation based on inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres, he said.

Intermittent gunfight was underway, the official added.

Chhattisgarh