Raipur, Dec. 3 -- Three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed and another injured on Wednesday during a major anti-Naxal operation along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in South Chhattisgarh.
The exchange of fire, which began around 9 a.m., has so far resulted in the recovery of twelve Maoist bodies from the encounter site, as security forces continued an aggressive push inside the Bastar DivisionBijapur Superintendent of Police Dr. Jitendra Yadav said teams from DRG Dantewada and Bijapur, along with STF, CRPF and CoBRA units, had launched a coordinated search operation early in the morning.
Intermittent firing continued for several hours as forces advanced through thick forest terrain. Inspector General of Police, Bastar...