In Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, security forces have killed a Maoist in an encounter. Police officials gave this information on Monday. Officials said a Maoist was killed by security forces in an encounter on Sunday in the border area of Kanker and Narayanpur district.
He said that in the border area of Kanker-Narayanpur, the presence of the presence of the armed Maoists of the North Bastar-Maar division of the Maoists in the border area of Narayanpur, after which the joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Reserve Guard (Dajj Was dispatched for patrolling.
According to officials, during the campaign, the security forces were in the area at around 12.30 pm on Sunday afternoon, when the Maoists opened fire on them. He said that the security forces also retaliated, causing an encounter between the two sides.
According to officials, after the encounter, the security forces searched the spot, then the body of a uniformed Maoist, an SLR rifle and other items were recovered from there.
Officials said that the slain Naxalite has not been identified yet. He said that many more Naxalites are expected to be killed and injured in the preference. According to officials, the search operation in the area is still going on.
With this encounter, 50 Maoists have been killed in different encounters in Chhattisgarh this year. In the state’s Bijapur district, security forces killed eight Maoists in an encounter on Saturday. Last year, 219 Maoists were killed by security forces in separate encounters in the state.
