Three DRG jawans, 12 Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

TWELVE NAXALITES, INCLUDING a dreaded Maoist commander, and three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialised unit of the state police, were killed in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, officials said.

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Two other DRG jawans suffered injuries in the gunfight, they said, adding the anti-Naxal operation was still underway in the district. The gun battle broke out in a forest along the border of Bijapur-Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj Pattilingam said.