Chhattisgarh: Four Naxalites, Cop Killed In Encounter In Bastar

Four Naxalites and one head constable were killed during the face-off in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region.

Four Naxalites and one head constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed during the encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, a senior police official said on Sunday.

A gunfight erupted on Saturday evening in a forest in south Abujhmaad, near the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts, during an anti-Naxalite operation by a joint team of security personnel, according to officials.

Following the exchange of fire late Saturday night, the bodies of four Naxalites and automatic weapons, including an AK-47 rifle and a self-loading rifle (SLR), were recovered from the scene, officials reported.

DRG head constable Sannu Karam was also killed in the gunfight, the official said. 

Search operation was still underway in the area, he added.

(With PTI inputs)