Seven Naxals including three women were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on July 27, police said.
The encounter took place in a forest near Tiriya village under Nagarnar police station limits around 4 p.m., said Deputy Inspector General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj. P.
A joint team of District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force of State police was out on anti-Naxal operation when the gun battle broke out, he told PTI.