The exchange of fire took place in the restive area under the Basaguda police station limits this evening, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela told PTI.
A joint team of state police's District Reserve Group (DRG) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) -- an elite battalion of CRPF -- was sent to the interior of Basaguda based on a tip-off about movement of rebels in the region, located around 450 kms from the state capital, Elesela said.
While cordoning off a patch of forest to the south of Basaguda, a group of armed insurgents opened fire, the ASP said.