Encounter breaks out between police and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh‘s Bijapur district on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), a police official said.

The exchange of fire started in the morning in a forest of west Bastar division of Maoists when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation, he said.

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The personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force, both units of the State police, and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action- an elite unit of CRPF), were involved in the operation, the official said.

An intermittent gunfight was underway. Further details are awaited, he added.