Security personnel during an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. File
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An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday (December 19, 2025), a police official said.
The exchange of fire started in the morning in the forested hills of Bhairamgarh-Indravati area when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Maoist operation following inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, he said.
Intermittent firing is underway, and further details are awaited, he added.
Three Maoists, including a woman, collectively carrying rewards of ₹12 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Sukma district on Thursday (December 18, 2025), police had said earlier.
Published – December 19, 2025 11:54 am IST
