Chhattisgarh: Maoists kill two BSF jawans, encounter underway

Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have been killed and four injured in a fierce encounter which is underway with Maoists in Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

In the special operations which were launched from Kanker last night by 170,122 and 165 Battalions of the BSF with the civil police near Becha village, a gunbattle ensued with Naxals in which 6 BSF personnel were injured.

The injured personnel were evacuated to Raipur in a chopper during which 2 personnel succumbed to their injuries.

Further details awaited.