Sukma, May 23 -- An Intermittent firing is underway between security forces and Naxals in the Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, Police said on Friday.

As per the police, the gunfight is underway since Thursday. A search operation is being conducted by the security forces at the site of the encounter and nearby areas.

Further details are awaited.

Earlier on Wednesday, 27 Naxals were killed in the joint operation of the security forces in the Abujmarh forests of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.

The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Thursday said CPI (Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter, had an active role in the planning of many Naxalite attacks on s...