Chhattisgarh: Fatal encounter between security forces and Naxals in Kanker, kills police and Naxalite as gunfight ensues
Chhattisgarh: A police constable and a Naxalite were killed in an encounter in Kanker district on Sunday, March 3, a police official informed. When a joint team of security personnel was leading an anti-Naxal operation on March 3, a gunfight ensued in a forest near Hidur village that is under Chhotebethiya police station jurisdiction, a police official informed.
The official further informed that this operation was launched based on a specific input about the presence of Naxalites in the Hidur forest. Constable Ramesh Kurethi who belonging to Bastar Fighters - a unit of state police, was martyred in the gunfight.
Meanwhile, the body of a Naxalite and an AK-47 rifle were recovered from the spot, he said. Search operation was underway in the area when the fatal encounter took place.
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