03
Apr
As many as five security personnel were killed and at least 12 others injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals at a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday. Some Maoists are also suspected to have been killed during the encounter, which is still underway, the police have said. Security personnel from CRPF's elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit, the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) were out on an anti-Maoist operation when the encounter broke out. "The encounter broke out in Tarrem area (along Sukma and Bijapur border) when a joint team…
