Sukma: Encounter between security forces and Naxalites continues in Naxal -affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Police officials said the encounter is taking place in Keralapal police station area of Sukma district. He said that on Friday, a joint team of Sukma District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was dispatched for anti -Naxal operations on the information of the presence of Naxalites in Keralapal police station area. Officials said that from this morning, an encounter between the security forces and the Naxalites is taking place.
SP Kiran Chavan of Sukma district said that the encounter with security forces is going on in the forest of Upampalli Keralapal area on Sukma-Dantewada border. At the same time, IG Sundararaj P, IG of Bastar Range, said that so far the bodies of 16 Naxalites have been recovered. At the same time, 2 soldiers have suffered minor injuries. He said that the encounter is still going on in the area. He informed that the search campaign of security forces is going on in the encounter site and surrounding areas.