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As Security forces continued their operation against Naxals, at least 22 members of the banned CPI (Maoists) were killed in two separate encounters in Chhattisgarh, it is learnt on Thursday.
While 18 Naxals were killed in Bijapur district, four Maoists were gunned down in Kanker areas by a joint team of the BSF and DRG personnel of the state police, reports said.
When contacted Chhattisgarh police said “intermittent firing was still going on in Kanker as reports last came in.”
