Twenty people, including a civilian, have been killed in a gun battle after Naxals ambushed a team of security personnel in the heavily-forested district of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh this morning, close to the spot where 25 people, including top Congress leaders, were killed in a Naxal ambush last year.

According to sources, the Naxals first caused an explosion to stop the 50-member joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the state police and then opened fire at them in the Tongpal area near the Jeeram valley at around 10:30 this morning. A fierce encounter followed for over three hours. The gun-battle is now over and an evacuation process is on, the police said.


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