Encounter on between BSF and Naxals in Chhattisgarh

May 11, 2017 09:25

Weeks after 25 CRPF men were killed by Naxals, an encounter has broken out between the Maoists and the Border Security Force personnel in Chhattisgarh's Pankhajur.

On April 25, Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and six wounded in Chhattisgarhs Sukma district in what was known as the deadliest attack by Naxalites targeting security forces this year.

The Naxalites mounted the assault around 12.25 pm in Kalapathar area of south Bastar region, one of the worst-hit by Left-wing extremism in the country.

The incident occurred near Burkapal village within Chintagufa police station limits, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla said.

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