The encounter happened when the security personnel comprising of the CRPF and the district armed police were on routine patrolling in the ultra-infested Jilingburu jungle under Torpa police station, Superintendent of Police Anil Gupta told reporters.
Around 40 rounds were fired by the security personnel forcing the PLFI activists to beat a hasty retreat, he said adding a country-made pistol, a generator set, tents and other items of daily use were recovered after a search operation.