Encounter breaks out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh

An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Saturday, a senior police official said.

The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in a forest in north Abujhmad along the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts when a joint team of security personnel was out in anti-Naxalite operation, he said.

Personnel belonging to the Border Security Force (BSF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) are involved in the operation, he said.

The intermittent exchange of fire was still underway and further details were awaited, he added.