Two naxalites killed in encounter
Jagdalpur, Dec 5 (UNI) Two naxalites were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Abujhmarh area under Narayanpur police station limits in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh this morning.
Bastar Range IG R K Vij said CRPF and Chhattisgarh Special Armed Force jawans engaged in a gunfight with the ultras while patrolling the forest between Vastibahar and Kurla villages.
Mr Vij said two rifles had been recovered from the naxalites, who were yet to be identified. One naxalite was in uniform, he added.
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Story first published: Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 14:20 [IST]