Two rebels were gunned down by security forces in restive Abhujmad area of Narayanpur district last night, IG (Bastar Range) SRP Kalluri told PTI over phone.
The gunfight between a joint team of Special Task Force and District Reserve Group, and a group of insurgents took place in jungles of Tumnar under Dhanora police station limits, around 230 km from Raipur, he said.
The security forces were on a cordon and search operation ahead of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week (December 2-8) when they came under Naxal fire. PLGA is the military wing of CPI (Maoist).
With this, the number of Naxals killed in separate encounters in south Bastar this month has reached 18.
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Meanwhile, a CRPF jawan was injured when he accidentally stepped on a pressure bomb planted by ultras in Sukma district, around 380 km from the state capital.
The incident occurred this morning when a team of 74th battalion of Central Reserve Police Force was on its way for security duty at Chintalnar weekly market, said district Superintendent of Police D Shrawan.