Bijapur: Reports say that 22 Maoists were killed and an army officer was martyred in an encounter between Maoists and security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur.
The encounter began around 7 am on Thursday in the Bijapur area. A large cache of arms has been recovered from the area.
As part of the anti-Maoist operation, a joint team was deployed under Gangalur police station in the border areas of Bijapur and Dantewada districts. The Maoists attacked them. Encounters and searches are still ongoing in the area.
