Encounter breaks out between security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh

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An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday (March 20, 2025), a senior police official said.

The gunfight started in a forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation in Gangaloor police station area (Bijapur), he said.

The intermittent exchange of fire was still underway, the official said, adding that further details were awaited.