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Raipur, February 27
Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday, a senior police official said.
The face-off took place in a forest under Jangla police station area when separate teams of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were out on an anti-Naxal operation, he said.
When one of the patrolling teams of the DRG was near Chhote Tungali forest, the exchange of fire broke out, he said.
So far, bodies of four Naxalites have been recovered from the encounter site, the official said, adding that search was still underway.
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