Mar 20, 2025 01:50 PM IST
One DRG jawan was killed during the Bijapur encounter. Four other Maoists were found dead in the Kanker district of the state
18 Maoists were killed by security forces during a clash in Bijapur, Chattisgarh on Thursday, March 20. Firing between the two groups has been going on since 7 am, during which one DRG jawan died.
A joint team had been deployed under the Gangalur police station in the border areas of Bijapur and Dantewada districts as part of an anti-Maoist operation. Clashes and search operations to find more bodies in the area are still underway.
Along with the bodies of the Maoists, a large cache of weapons and ammunitions was also found at the site of the encounter.
Bodies of four more Maoists were found after a gunfight in another part of the Kanker district in the state.
(This is a developing story. More details awaited)
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