Bijapur, Nov 11 (PTI) An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday, a police official said.

The exchange of fire started this morning in the Indravati National Park forest when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation based on inputs about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, he added.

The intermittent gunfight was underway, and further details are awaited, he added. PTI COR TKP NSK (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI )

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