Security forces have conducted a major anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district during which they busted a Naxalite camp and recovered a cache of explosives and items of daily use, police said on June 21.
A District Reserve Guard (DRG) Constable received minor injuries after a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by Naxalites, went off on June 21 when the security personnel were returning after the operation. Multiple encounters took place during the operation carried out from June 19 in core forest areas near Pidia village under Gangaloor police station limits, located more than 450 km from State capital Raipur, the police said.
Two-three Naxalites were killed or injured, but their colleagues managed to drag them away into the forest hideouts, a police official claimed.
