Seven Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

Three more bodies of Naxalites found after encounter in Chhattisgarh; toll rises to 13

Narayanpur: Seven Naxalites, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along the borders of Narayanpur and Kanker districts in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, police said. This is the second major strike on Naxalites by security forces in 15 days. The latest gunfight took place at around 6am in the forest between Tekmeta and Kakur villages in Abhujmad area, considered a stronghold of Naxalites, when a joint...

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Three more bodies of Naxalites found after encounter in Chhattisgarh; toll rises to 13

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