Chhattisgarh: 5 Naxals Killed In Encounter With Security Forces In Narayanpur

At least 5 naxals killed in an encounter with security forces in ​​Abujhmarh, ANI reported, citing Police official.

Chhattisgarh News: At least five naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmarh in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur, news agency ANI reported on Saturday, citing a police official. A total of eight naxals have been killed so far in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmarh. According to the official, one Army jawan lost his life in the line of duty, and two jawans sustained injuries.

The gunfight broke out this morning in the forest of Abhujmad when a joint team of the security personnel from four districts - Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada and Kondagaon - was out on an anti-Naxal operation, an official said, as reported by news agency PTI. The operation was launched on June 12, he said.

An encounter between security forces and naxals has been underway in Maad, Narayanpur district, for the last two days. Narayanpur-Kondagaon-Kanker-Dantewada DRG, STF, and ITBP 53rd Battalion forces are involved in the joint operation.

A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, PTI reported, citing officials. According to a senior police official, the exchange of fire broke out when security personnel were cordoning off the area, and it lasted for a long time.

After guns fell silent, the bodies of eight Naxalites were recovered from the site along with an Insas rifle, a .303 rifle, a barrel grenade launcher (BGL), and other weapons and Maoist-related materials, the official said. "A jawan of the STF was martyred, and two others sustained injuries," he said, as quoted by PTI.

The injured jawans were shifted to a local hospital and will be airlifted to Raipur for further treatment, he said. As many as 131 Naxalites have been killed in separate encounters with security personnel in Bastar division, comprising Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, and Sukma districts, so far this year, police said.

On June 5, six Naxalites were gunned down in an encounter in Narayanpur, while seven Naxalites were killed on the Narayanpur-Bijapur border on May 23.