Eight Naxalites were killed and one soldier was injured during an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Saturday.
The clash occurred earlier today in the forests of Abhujmad when security personnel engaged with the Naxalites. According to an official statement to PTI, security forces from Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada, and Kondagaon districts were conducting an anti-Naxal operation at the time.
The operation, involving personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of four districts, the Special Task Force (STF), and the 53rd battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), commenced on June 12. The encounter was still underway.