Narayanpur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday evening, a senior police official said.
The gunfight started at around 4 pm in the forests of Abhujmaad along the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra inter-state border, he said.
A joint team of security forces was involved in the exchange of fire and its members were reported to be safe, the official informed. (Further details awaited.)