The police forces are engaged in an exchange of fire with the Naxal insurgents in the jungles of Purangel, near the border of Dantewada and Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, sources said.
An exchange of fire took place between police and the Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Koyalibeda area on Thursday morning, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kanker Kalyan Elesela said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday chargesheeted a top leader of the banned Naxal terror outfit in a Telangana case relating to a conspiracy to promote left Wing extremism (LWE) in the country.
The Superintendent of Police, Gaurav Rai, confirmed the incident and said that the encounter took place between police officials and Naxalites in the border area of Dantewada, Bijapur.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai-led Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday took an important decision of the Cabinet to deal with issues like terrorism and Naxalism.
The state government of Chhattisgarh will constitute a State Investigation Agency (SIA) on the lines of the National Investigatio