3 Naxals Killed in Encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma District
The gun-battle took place around 6 pm in a forest near Tadmetla-Mukram nullah under Chintalnar police station area.
Published:
Image used for representational purposes.
|(Photo: PTI)
ADVERTISEMENT
Three naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district late on Saturday, 14 September, the police said.
The gun-battle took place around 6 pm in a forest near Tadmetla-Mukram nullah under Chintalnar police station area when a team of the police's District Reserve Guard was out on patrolling, Deputy Inspector General (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.
On getting information that naxals had dug up a road near Tadmetla, security forces had launched the operation in the area, he said.
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)
SCROLL FOR NEXT