An encounter broke out between Police and Naxals [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] near Bacheli Police Station in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on March 22 night when the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) tried to set fire to a JCB machine and a truck used for doubling the railway track, reports The Statesman. Search operation in the area is underway, the Police said, adding, a JCB machine used in railway track doubling work and a truck used to transport iron ore were partially damaged in the incident.