A heavy exchange of fire has been ongoing between Maoists and security forces in the forests of Abujhmarh, bordering the Kanker-Narayanpur districts of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh wherein five Naxalites have been killed.
Kanker SP Kalyan Elesela said that the encounter is underway in the forests and gunfire is taking place at brief individuals. He mentioned that a joint team of security personnel from the District Reserve Guards, Special Task Force, and Border Security Force went on an anti-Maoist operation after receiving specific input about the presence of Maoists in the bordering forests of Kanker and north of Abujhmarh.
While the search was ongoing, an encounter broke out between Maoists and security forces around 8 in the morning, and the gun battle continued. There was an encounter between the police and Naxalites in Mohla Manpur Ambagarh outpost adjacent to Rajnandgaon on Friday evening. Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Superintendent of Police YP Singh said that this encounter took place between four and five o’clock on Friday evening.
On the information of the presence of Naxalites in Khursekala forest, the soldiers of DRG Manpur, Baseli ITBP 44th Battalion and Madanwada Camp ITBP 27th Battalion went out for search. When the team of security forces was passing through Khursekala forest, firing took place between the police and the Maoists. Seeing the force overpowering them, the Maoists fled from the spot. The security forces have confiscated the daily use material of the Naxalites.
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