8 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

| 1 Feb 2025 5:18 PM IST

Police said that the gunfight erupted around 8.30 am on Saturday. The joint anti-naxalite operation, which was launched on Friday, is still ongoing in the area

Raipur:

Eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday, police said.

The gunfight erupted around 8.30 am in a forest under Gangaloor police station limit when a joint team of security personnel was conducting an anti-naxalite operation.

Inspector general of Police, Bastar range, Sunderaj P said that the personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) were involved in the operation.

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