Patna: At least 2 policemen have been killed on Sunday in an encounter between Naxals and the police in Lakhisarai in Bihar.
Initial reports say that members of the banned extremist group have also been able to snatched 25 rifles from the police. The encounter is still going on.
Earlier, BSF men fell victims for the first time in a Naxal attack in Chattisgarh when three of them were among five security personnel killed on Sunday after armed Maoists ambushed security forces in Kanker district.
Three naxals were also killed in the exchange of fire when security forces were conducting search operation, Additional Director General of Police Ramniwas said. One security personnel was injured.
The incident occured when 77 security personnel comprising officers and jawans from Border Security Force(BSF), District Police and Special Police Officers(SPO) set out in the jungles in Kanker distraict for "area domination" exercise.
Naxals opened fire as soon as the security personnel reached the forests near Bhuski village killing five of them, he said.
This is the first time that BSF jawans have been killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh where the victims among the security forces have been mainly men from CRPF, state police and SPOs.
The security forces retaliated, forcing the outlaws to flee. He said the police who searched the area where the exchange of fire took place came across a pool of blood indicating there could be many casualties on the part of Naxals as well. However, the police were able to spot only three bodies being taken away by the Naxals.
(With PTI inputs)
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