At least ten Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and five injured in an encounter between the Naxal and the Cobra battalion near the border of Imamganj and Aurangabad police station here.
The bodies of three Naxals were also recovered.
As per reports, the jawans of the COBRA unit were ambushed in an IED blast after which an encounter started between the two.
The encounter started late last night and is still going on.
Further details awaited.
