Seven Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

Seven Naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh during an anti-Naxal operation. The clash, involving multiple district security units, occurred along the Narayanpur-Bijapur border.

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Seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along Narayanpur-Bijapur inter-district border in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.

The gunfight broke out around 11 am when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation and the intermittent firing was still underway, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Prabhat Kumar said.