In a massive operation against Left Wing Extremism, security forces killed 18 Naxalites in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, an official said.
A police jawan was also killed in the encounter, he said.
The gunfight broke out at around 7 am in a forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation in Gangaloor police station area (in Bijapur), he said.
Bodies of 18 Naxalites along with firearms and explosives were recovered from the spot, the senior police official said. A jawan of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) unit was also killed in the gunfight, he said. The operation was still underway in the area, he added. PTI
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