RAIPUR: At least 12 Naxalites were killed in forests of restive Bijapur district on Friday in yet another fierce encounter between security personnel and Maoists, as the gun-battle continued.
According to preliminary information, a team of security personnel were out on search operation when an encounter broke out with Naxalites in the morning near Pidia village in Gangaloor region.
Senior police official told TOI that the encounter has been on from several hours and the forces have recovered more than 12 bodies of Naxalites from the spot while the number of casualty is likely to increase to double digit.
The officer said that a huge inter-district team of over a thousand security forces had gone out on anti-Naxal operation comprising of personnel from CoBRA, Special Task Force, District Reserve Guards. They started from different camps of Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma districts and had a face-off with Maoists at different locations of Pidia forests.
The officer said that the exact number of Maoists killed can only be known when the teams of security personnel converge at a place. The jawans were safe and striking hard, police officers said.
On April 16, security forces had gunned down 29 Naxalites in an encounter in Kanker district while ten Naxalites were killed in another encounter in Abujhmarh region of Narayanpur district.
According to preliminary information, a team of security personnel were out on search operation when an encounter broke out with Naxalites in the morning near Pidia village in Gangaloor region.
Senior police official told TOI that the encounter has been on from several hours and the forces have recovered more than 12 bodies of Naxalites from the spot while the number of casualty is likely to increase to double digit.
The officer said that a huge inter-district team of over a thousand security forces had gone out on anti-Naxal operation comprising of personnel from CoBRA, Special Task Force, District Reserve Guards. They started from different camps of Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma districts and had a face-off with Maoists at different locations of Pidia forests.
The officer said that the exact number of Maoists killed can only be known when the teams of security personnel converge at a place. The jawans were safe and striking hard, police officers said.
On April 16, security forces had gunned down 29 Naxalites in an encounter in Kanker district while ten Naxalites were killed in another encounter in Abujhmarh region of Narayanpur district.