 "More than 26 Naxalites and a police informant were killed in an encounter with security forces along the Narayanpur-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh. Source: Representative Image/PTI.")
More than 26 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday.
A `supporter’ of police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said.
The encounter took place in dense forests between Abhujmad and Indravati national park area when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) of police from four districts was out on anti-Naxal operation, said deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma.
“More than 26 Naxalites, some of them probably top cadres, were killed. One supporter of the police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the action,” said Sharma, who holds the home portfolio.
Combing operations are still underway, he added.
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