Officials said the operation indicates a significant blow to the Naxal insurgency in the region as security forces intensify efforts to combat the threat posed by the extremist group.
The fierce exchange of gunfire occurred between the security forces and People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)-- an armed wing of the Platoon No 10 of Naxals-- near Chipurbhatti jungle along Talperu River under Basaguda Police Station in Bijapur.
According to DSP Krishna Kumar Chandrakar, two Naxalites were killed in an encounter at Dantewada's Bijapur border area of Chhattisgarh today. During the search, the police seized two knuckle dusters, a large quantity of ammunitions.
Three Naxals including two women were killed in an encounter that broke out with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday morning.
A police patil was killed by Naxals on Friday in Titola village on the premise of being the agent of the police and helping local villagers get employment, the police said.
A Bharatiya Janata Party worker was killed allegedly by unknown gunmen in the maoist-affected district of Mohla Manpur in Chhattisgarh, a top police official said on Saturday.
Two Naxals were killed following an exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Saturday morning, a top police official said.