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A maximum of 52 Naxals were gunned down in Bijapur,

where 14 security personnel also lost their lives during this 

period. 

Chhattisgarh government on Monday said 128 Naxals and 

100 policemen were killed in gun battles over the last three 

years in the state. In a written reply to a question raised by 

Congress MLA Deepak Baij, state Panchayat Minister Ajay 

Chandrakar, who is in-charge of the Home department, said, 

“543 encounters took place between police and Naxalites 

from 2013 till January 2016 in the Maoist-affected districts of 

Chhattisgarh.”

128 Naxals were killed while 100 security personnel also lost 

their lives in the gun battles. Besides, 210 security personnel 

and eight Naxals were injured in the exchanges of gunfire, 

he said. A maximum of 52 Naxals were gunned down in 

Bijapur, where 14 security personnel also lost their lives 

during this period. Also, 48 policemen and 29 Naxals were 

killed in Sukma district, the minister said. Moreover, a total of 

852 Naxal cadres surrendered in the state in the last three 

years and a sum of Rs 149.37 lakh was given to them as 

relief aid. Besides, 20 of them were also given government 

jobs, he said. Chhattisgarh has been battling the Naxal 

menace to tackle for over three decades. Central armed 

police forces, including CRPF, BSF, ITBP and SSB,

have been deployed in the state.