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Security forces have already gunned down 42 Maoists this year in Chhattisgarh, while 24 were killed in the entire last year.

With the latest incident, 41 Naxalites have been killed so far this year in separate encounters with security forces in Bastar region, comprising seven districts including Bijapur, according to police.

Bijapur district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the first phase of general elections on April 19.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The encounter broke around 6 am on Tuesday at Lendra village in Bijapur after a joint search operation by the District Reserve Group (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that commenced on Monday night from Gangalur police station area, police said. India News | Bodies of Nine Naxals Recovered After Encounter with Security Forces in Bijapur.

In a significant anti-insurgency operation, security personnel engaged in an encounter with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district,

The gunfight took place at around 6 am in a forest near Lendra village under Gangaloor police station area, when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation.

According to police sources, an intense search operation was initiated by security forces based on intelligence

RAIPUR: At least 10 Maoists, including a woman, were gunned down in Bijapur in one of the biggest security ops in Bastar division on Tuesday morning.

After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of four Naxalites were recovered from the spot along with a light machine gun, barrel grenade launchers and other arms and ammunitions

In Chhattisgarhs Bijapur district, security forces engaged in an encounter with Naxalites, resulting in the deaths of ten Naxals, including a female insurgent. The operation, conducted by DRG, CRPF, STF, and Cobra Jawans, recovered weapons from the slain insurgents.