Chhattisgarh encounter, 16 Maoists shot dead and two DRG jawans injured

At least 16 Maoists were killed, and two security personnel sustained injuries in a major anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, officials said.

The injured jawans belonged to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a unit of the



state police, they said.

The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in the forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Sundarraj P said to media.