Four Naxals were killed during a joint anti-Naxal search operation in the South Abujmarh forest area at the Narayanpur-Dantewada district border of Chhattisgarh, according to Inspector General of Bastar, P Sundarraj.
As per Sundarraj, Head Constable Sannu Karam of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was also killed in action during the operation.
The operation was conducted by the Special Task Force (STF) in coordination with DRG teams from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Jagdalpur, and Kondagaon districts in the Abujmarh area on Friday, the IG Bastar added.
The encounter, which began on Saturday evening, resulted in the deaths of four uniformed Naxals. Automatic weapons, including AK-47s and SLRs, were recovered during the search, Sundarraj stated.
Search operations are still underway, and further details are awaited.
Earlier, in another encounter on Friday, as many as three naxals were killed in exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district as per Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jitendra Chandrakar.
In two other separate incidents, two naxals were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Nendra-Punnur forests under the Basaguda Police station area.
