Updated - January 17, 2026 11:27 am IST - Bijapur Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Two Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday (January 17, 2026), police said. The gunfight broke out in the morning hours in the forested hills of the district’s northwest region, where a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation based on inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, a senior official said.
