A female Naxalite has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh yesterday. The encounter took place in the forests of Amatola and the Kalpar area of Kanker district. On the intelligence inputs, a joint team of District Reserve Guard and Border Security
Force was dispatched for the operation, and there has been intermittent exchange of fire between security forces and Naxalites. An intensive search by security forces is going on in the encounter site and the surrounding area.