Chhattisgarh: Encounter breaks out between security personnel and Maoists

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday, June 5, a police official said.

The exchange of fire started in a forest of the Indravati National Park when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation following inputs about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, he said.

An intermittent gunfight is underway, and further details are awaited, he added.