FP News Service
BHOPAL (Madhya Pradesh)
Amid reports of heightened presence of Naxals in Balaghat, a gunfight took place in the jungle of Keradehi in the district on Friday, said the officials on Saturday.
Recently on June 20, the Balaghat police have gunned down three naxal in the jungle of Lodhagi of Lanji area under Bahela police post.
Superintendent of police Balaghat Kumar Saurabh told media that in order to conduct the panchayat elections free and fair manner, he Hawk Force including district police are conducting area domination.
In the series, the forces were conducting domination when they saw four armed naxal were seen in the jungle. The force personnel asked them to stop but in place of stopping they opened fire on the forces.
No casualty is reported from both the sides. The naxals ran towards the dense jungle. The forces have intensified the searches in the area. From early morning of Saturday more forces were called to dominate the area.
