Encounter breaks out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists 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-Maoist operation following inputs about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, he said.
An intermittent gunfight is underway, and further details are awaited, he added.
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