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Chhattisgarh Encounter: Five Jawans Killed In Gunfight With Naxals
Raipur: Five security personnel were killed and a few others injured on Saturday in an encounter with Naxals at a forest in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a top police officer said.
According to the police, some Maoists are also suspected to have been killed during the exchange of fire.
#BREAKING_NEWS - Five security personnel killed & around 10 others injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals in jungles near Tarrem, Bijapur, says Chhattisgarh DGP DM Awasthi pic.twitter.com/Lzkc5PiUwP
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"The gunbattle broke out in Tarrem area (along Sukma and Bijapur border) when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation," Chhattisgarh Director General of Police DM Awasthi said.
The personnel belonging to the CRPF's elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action unit (CoBRA), the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) were involved in the operation, he said.
"As per the preliminary information, five jawans were killed and a few others were injured in the gunfight," Awasthi said, adding that further details are awaited.
On March 23, five DRG personnel were killed when Naxals blew up a bus carrying the security personnel with an IED in Narayanpur district.
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