Five Naxalites, Cop Killed in Encounter in Chhattisgarh

Five Naxalites and a jawan of the police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, officials said. 

Another jawan suffered injuries in the gunfight, they said, adding that the operation was still underway. 

The gun battle took place in a forest of the Gangaloor area adjoining Dantewada district



when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a police official said.

Personnel belonging to the DRG and Special Task Force, both units of the state police, and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action- an elite unit of CRPF) were involved in the operation, he said. So far, bodies of five Naxalites have been recovered from the spot, the official said.