Two Naxalites gunned down in Chhattigarh

The police team on a search operation saw two persons on a motorcycle with weapons and asked them to surrender.

Two Naxalites were killed on Sunday in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh in a joint operation of state and Andhra Pradesh police.

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"Two Naxalites were killed and one AK-47 and a motorcycle were recovered from them after a shoot-out near Madimalai village of Bijarpur district about 500 km from Raipur," police said.

The police team on a search operation saw two persons on a motorcycle with weapons and asked them to surrender.

The Naxalites fired on the police party and in shootout two Maoists were killed, police said.