RAIPUR: (AMN) About 20 Maoists have been killed and 15 have been injured in a fierce encounter with security forces in Jagargunda Police station area in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The encounter took when a joint team of CRPF and state Police were on the patrolling in the area when Naxal challenged them and started firing. Official sources said, nine bodies of naxals and arms & ammunitions have been recovered. According CRPF Inspector General Pankaj Kumar Singh a joint team of CRPF jawans and state police deployed in Jagargunda area of Dantewada had gone for area domination exercise when about 200 Naxals started firing at them near Aasrampura village.
The security forces returned the fire after which the Naxals fled. Nine deadbodies of Naxals in ‘green uniforms’ have been recovered by the security forces.No casualty was reported from the CRPF side.
In another incident, two CRPF jawans were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Naxals in Bijapur district.