Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region early on Sunday, police said.
"Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force (BSF), District Force (DF) and Special Police Officers (SPOs) in a thickly-forested area," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) T.J. Longkumer told IANS over phone.
"Two BSF men, two DF personnel and an SPO were killed," he added.
He said the gun battle took place in a remote area of Kanker district, 250 km from capital Raipur.