Raipur, March 20 -- Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma condoled the killing of a District Reserve Guard on Thursday, and informed that at least 18 bodies out of the total 22 Naxalities killed in an encounter have been recovered on Thursday.

"Search operations had been going on in the area of Gangaloor, in between Bijapur and Dantewada. So far, the bodies of 18 Naxalites have been recovered, and one of our DRG jawan Raju has also been martyred. The entire government stands with the family, may God give them strength," the Chhattisgarh Deputy CM said.

"I congratulate the jawans Bastar and the whole team of Bijapur, this has been possible due to the strength of the soldiers, and along with Bijapur operation there is a search o...