Security forces kill six naxalites in two days : Bijapur encounter

Bijapur | Correspondent: A major anti-Naxal operation by security forces continued for the second consecutive day in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Two more Naxalites were killed in a fresh encounter with security forces on Sunday morning, bringing the total number of Naxalites killed in this operation to six.

Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav confirmed that the encounter took place in the forested hills of the district's northwestern region when a joint team of security forces was conducting a search operation in the area.

Earlier on Saturday, four Maoists were killed during the same operation. They were identified as senior cadres Dilip Vejja (Divisional Committee member), Madvi Kosa and Lakhi Madkam (Area Committee members), and party member Radha Metta. All four were active in the Maoists' National Park Area Committee.

The two Naxalites killed on Sunday are yet to be identified. Personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), and the CRPF's CoBRA unit are involved in the operation. The search operation by security forces is still underway in the area.