An exchange of fire took place between Maoists and the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in insurgency-hit Kanker district in Bastar on Thursday. However, no casualty or injury was reported from either side, police said.
The encounter took place on Thursday morning when a team of the 171st battalion of BSF was out on a road security operation in Bande police station area, a senior police official informed. The BSF personnel had launched the operation to provide security to the construction of Bande-Irpanaar road , he said. While the patrolling team was carrying out the road security operation between Kurenar and Kanhargaon villages, the armed rebels opened fire at them following which the BSF personnel retaliated, he said.
However, the rebels soon escaped in the forest, he said, adding that the BSF’s patrolling was underway in the region.