Five Naxals killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarhs Narayanpur district on Tuesday police saidThe gunfight took place in a forest under Kohkameta police station area in Abujhmad a hilly forest area when a joint team of personnel from different security forces was out on an antiNaxal operation a senior police official saidFive Naxalites have been killed in the action so far The search operation is still underway in the area and further details are awaited he said adding that security personnel were reported to be safeThe operation involving personnel of the District Reserve Guard Special Task Force Border Security Force and the IndoTibetan Border Police from different districts was launched on Sunday police saidWith the latest incident the number of Naxalites killed so far this year in separate encounters with security forces in the state has risen to 138 While 136 Maoists were gunned down in the Bastar division comprising seven districts including Narayanpur two others were killed in Dhamtari district under the Raipur divisionOn June 15 eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force STF were killed in an encounter in Narayanpur districtSix Naxalites were gunned down in an encounter in Narayanpur on June 5 and seven Naxals were killed on the NarayanpurBijapur border on May 23At least 12 Naxalites were killed in an encounter in Bijapur on May 10 while 10 cadres including three women were gunned down along the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts on April 30On April 16 29 Naxalites were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Kanker district officials saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever