Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. A senior police officer gave this information on Sunday. He said that a head constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) also lost his life during the encounter.
The encounter started when a joint team of security personnel had gone to a forest in South Abujhmad on the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts on Saturday evening in an anti-Naxal operation, the official said.
He said that after the firing stopped late on Saturday night, bodies of four Naxalites and automatic weapons including AK-47 rifles and self-loading rifles (SLR) were recovered from the spot. The officer said that DRG head constable Sannu Karam also lost his life in the encounter. He said that four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Bastar area of Chhattisgarh. A senior police officer gave this information on Sunday. He said that a head constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) also lost his life during the encounter.
The encounter started when a joint team of security personnel had gone to a forest in South Abujhmad on the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts on Saturday evening in an anti-Naxal operation, the official said. He said that after the firing stopped late on Saturday night, bodies of four Naxalites and automatic weapons including AK-47 rifles and self-loading rifles (SLR) were recovered from the spot.
The officer said that DRG head constable Sannu Karam also lost his life in the encounter. He said that the search operation is still going on in the area. Neither is still continuing.
