Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said.
A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, they said. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said his Government is fully committed to eliminate Naxalites, and it will not sit quiet till it achieves the goal.
The gunfight broke out at 7 am in the forest of Abhujmad, where a joint team of security personnel from four districts — Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada and Kondagaon — was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Sundarraj P said.