Two Maoists, cop killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

The gunfight started in a forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoists operation in Gangaloor police station area

Two Maoists and a jawan of the Chhattisgarh Police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) unit were killed in an encounter in the state’s Bijapur district on Thursday (March 20, 2025), an official said.

The gunfight broke out at around 7 am in a forest along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Maoists operation in Gangaloor police station area (in Bijapur), he said.

Bodies of two Maoists along with firearms and explosives were recovered from the spot, the senior police official said.

A DRG jawan was also killed in the gunfight, he said.

The operation was still underway in the area, he added.

Published - March 20, 2025 11:43 am IST