NEW DELHI – Two police personnel were killed in an encounter between ultrasand security men in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, police said,PTI has reported.
The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana,around 500 km from here, when a team of security personnel was out on ananti-Naxal operation, Sukma’s Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena toldPTI.
Eight bodies of Naxals have been found at the encounter spot, he said.
Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel were also killed in the exchangeof fire, the SP said.
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Reinforcements have been rushed to the spot, he said.Further details wereawaited as the encounter was still underway, he added.
