<p>Raipur: The brother of a police jawan was killed in cross-firing during an encounter between security forces and Naxalites along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts, police said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> While the encounter took place on Tuesday, information about the death of Ramesh Poyam, a local villager, was received on Wednesday, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>Poyam's brother serves in the Special Task Force, an anti-Naxalite force of the state police, the official informed.</p>.Security personnel uncover 70-metre-long tunnel made by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bastar forest.<p>Personnel of the District Reserve Guard and Bastar Fighters (both units of state police) and CRPF's 230th battalion were involved in the operation launched from Dantewada on Tuesday.</p>.<p>When security forces were in the jungles of Kondroji and Bodga villages under Bhairamgarh police station limits of Bijapur district, an encounter broke out.</p>.<p>The Naxalites soon fled from the scene, the official said, adding that a a tunnel dug by Naxalites and memorials put up by them in the area were destroyed during the operation.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, police learnt that Poyam, a resident of Bodga village, was killed in cross-firing, the official said, adding that a team has been sent to the spot. His family was being provided all necessary assistance as per the government's policy, the official added. </p>
<p>Raipur: The brother of a police jawan was killed in cross-firing during an encounter between security forces and Naxalites along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts, police said on Wednesday.</p>.<p> While the encounter took place on Tuesday, information about the death of Ramesh Poyam, a local villager, was received on Wednesday, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>Poyam's brother serves in the Special Task Force, an anti-Naxalite force of the state police, the official informed.</p>.Security personnel uncover 70-metre-long tunnel made by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bastar forest.<p>Personnel of the District Reserve Guard and Bastar Fighters (both units of state police) and CRPF's 230th battalion were involved in the operation launched from Dantewada on Tuesday.</p>.<p>When security forces were in the jungles of Kondroji and Bodga villages under Bhairamgarh police station limits of Bijapur district, an encounter broke out.</p>.<p>The Naxalites soon fled from the scene, the official said, adding that a a tunnel dug by Naxalites and memorials put up by them in the area were destroyed during the operation.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, police learnt that Poyam, a resident of Bodga village, was killed in cross-firing, the official said, adding that a team has been sent to the spot. His family was being provided all necessary assistance as per the government's policy, the official added. </p>