Two Naxalites Killed in Encounter with Security Personnel in Chhattisgarh

Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district in the early hours of Saturday, police said. 

The gun battle broke out around 5 am in a forest in the southern region of the district when a team from the District Reserve Guard, a unit of the



Chhattisgarh police, was out on an anti-Naxalite operation based on information about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, an official said.

Bodies of two Naxalites were recovered from the scene, he said. The intermittent exchange of fire was still underway, and further details were awaited, the official said.