BIJAPUR: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, 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.