An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on late Friday morning, a senior police official said.

The gunfight started out at around 11 am in a forest on the tri-junction of Usoor-Basaguda-Pamed in the district, when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, he said.

The exchange of fire was still underway and further details were awaited, the official added.

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