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Around 15 security personnel are missing following the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday.
“A reinforcement party has rushed to the encounter spot. The bodies of two jawans have been recovered as of now”, Chhattisgarh police said.
“23 injured have been admitted to Bijapur hospital and 7 have been admitted to a Raipur hospital”, police added.
Five security personnel were killed in the encounter with Naxals in jungles near Tarrem in Bijapur district.
“In an encounter in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, initial reports indicate that three District Reserve Guard (DRG) and two central Police Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been martyred, one Naxal has also ben killed. The encounter is on”, the CRPF said in a statement.
On Saturday, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police DM Awasthi had informed that the gun-battle broke out when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
For the last ten days, security forces were getting information about the whereabouts of Madvi Hima, a top Naxal of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), who has been linked to major attacks, including the 2013 Jhiram Ghati killings. Over 30 people including senior leaders f the Chhattisgarh Congress were killed in the attack.
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