18 Maoists gunned down, jawan killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar | Raipur News

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RAIPUR: At least eighteen Maoists and a safety personnel have been killed in an encounter that broke out in forests of Bijapur district of Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Sources mentioned that the casualty would possibly attain to twenty Maoists killed.
Security forces have recovered 18 our bodies together with weapons and explosives from the encounter website.
The jawan killed was a District Reserve Guards personnel and the physique was evacuated.
Bastar police mentioned that the encounter continues to be happening in forests bordering Bijapur and Dantewada districts. A joint workforce of safety forces went out on anti-Naxal operation in Gangaloor space of Bijapur when Maoists opened indiscriminate firing, to which the forces retaliated, police mentioned. The trade of fireside is occurring since 7 am.
Security personnel have recovered two our bodies of Maoists together with weapons and explosives from the spot of encounter, a police assertion mentioned.
Sources knowledgeable that forces have rounded up a gaggle of senior cadres of Maoists in the forest and there may very well be affirmation of extra casualties later in the course of the day.
The search continues to be underway.