Seven Naxalites killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district

Seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along the Narayanpur-Bijapur inter-district border in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.

The gunfight broke out around 11 am when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation and the intermittent firing was still underway, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Prabhat Kumar said.

Seven Naxalites in “Maoist uniform” have been gunned down in the exchange of fire so far, said the SP.