Five Naxalites were arrested after a gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, police said. Based on a tip-off about the presence of Naxalites in Kottalendra in order to carry out a major attack on National Highway-30, a team was dispatched in the area, Sukma SP said. Four-five other Naxalites sustained injuries in the encounter, police added.
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Apoorva Shankar /
09:35 pm on
23 Mar