Naxal-Police Shootout in Chhattisgarh’s Dhanora Forest
May 31, 2017, 15:48 IST
The uneasy calm in South Chhattisgarh's treacherous forests was broken on Wednesday morning when the police and the Maoists were engaged in a shootout.
The encounter occurred in the Dhanora forest area in Chhattisgarh's Narayanapur district. According to the police, on Wednesday morning, the Maoists fired upon the police, who were conducting a combing operation in the region. The police replied with retaliatory firing. From Wednesday morning, the fierce encounter is going on.
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