Gunbattle in Chhattisgarh: Encounter breaks out between Maoists and security forces; STF, DRG, CRPF in joint operation
The gunfight began on a forested hill when a joint team of security personnel launched an anti-Maoist operation in the area, he added.
Personnel from the Special Task Force (STF), District Reserve Guard (DRG)—both units of the state police—and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were involved in the operation, which was launched on Monday following intelligence inputs about Maoist presence in the area, the official said.
The operation was still underway and further details were awaited, he added.
So far this year, a total of 225 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters across Chhattisgarh.
Of these, 208 were eliminated in the Bastar division, which comprises the districts of Bijapur, Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sukma, and Dantewada.
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