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Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: 15 jawans missing
Around 15 security personnel are missing following the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur district on Saturday. A reinforcement party has rushed to the encounter spot. Bodies of two jawans have been recovered as of now, Chhattisgarh Police sources said. 23 injured have been admitted to Bijapur hospital and 7 have been admitted to a Raipur hospital, it added.
Five security personnel were killed and about 10 were injured in the encounter with Naxals in jungles near Tarrem in Bijapur district. In an encounter in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, initial reports indicate that three District Reserve Guard (DRG) and two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been martyred, one Naxal has also been killed, the encounter is on, CRPF had said.