Naxalite Killed in Encounter in Chhattisgarh

A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Monday, police said.

The gun battle broke out in the morning at a forest in Abhujmaad area, adjoining Maharashtra, when a team of security forces was out on a search operation, a police official here said.

The operation



was launched based on inputs about the presence of Naxalites in the area, he said.

So far, the body of a male Naxalite was recovered from the spot, and the intermittent exchange of fire was still underway, he said.

With the latest action, 248 Naxalites have been killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year.