Naxals fire on polling party

Naxals fire on polling party

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 01:52 PM IST
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Rajnandgaon : An exchange of fire took place between the security forces and the Naxals in the insurgency-hit Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh where polling was held on Thursday. No causalities were reported.

“The incident took place under Khadgaon police station limits of Rajnandgaon district while a polling party escorted by joint team of ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) and the district police force was returning after polling in Kamkasur region,” a senior police official said.