Two Maoists gunned down in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

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Two Maoists were killed successful an brushwood with information unit successful Chhattisgarh's Bijapur territory successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday (January 3, 2026), constabulary said.

The weapon conflict broke retired astir 5 a.m. successful a wood successful the confederate portion of the territory erstwhile a squad from the District Reserve Guard, a portion of the Chhattisgarh police, was retired connected an anti-Maoist cognition based connected accusation astir the beingness of Maoist cadres successful the area, an authoritative said.

Bodies of 2 Maoists were recovered from the scene, helium said.

The intermittent speech of occurrence was inactive underway, and further details were awaited, the authoritative said.

As galore arsenic 285 Maoists were gunned down successful abstracted encounters with information forces successful Chhattisgarh past year.

Of them, 257 were eliminated successful the Bastar division, comprising 7 districts, including Bijapur, portion 27 others were gunned down successful Gariaband district, which falls successful the Raipur division.

Published - January 03, 2026 11:08 americium IST

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