Chhattisgarh, January 9, 2025: Three Naxalites were killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday, confirmed Deputy CM Vijay Sharma.
An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in in the Sukma district earlier today.
The gunfight started in the morning in a forest along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a police official said.
Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action- an elite unit of CRPF) were involved in the operation, he said.
Intermittent exchange of fire was still underway, the official said.