Bijapur, March 20, 2025: 22 Naxals and a cop were killed in two Chhattisgarh encounters on Thursday.
18 Naxalites and a jawan of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) unit were killed in an encounter in the state’s Bijapur district , an official said.
The gunfight broke out at around 7 am in a forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation in Gangaloor police station area (in Bijapur), he said.
Bodies of two Naxalites along with firearms and explosives were recovered from the spot, the senior police official said.
A DRG jawan was also killed in the gunfight, he said.
The operation was still under way in the area, he added.