Chattisgarh, 27/6: A hardcore Naxalite, wanted in more than a dozen incidents of Maoist violence, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday, police said. Two to three other Naxalites also sustained injuries in the exchange of fire, he added.
A firearm, an improvised explosive device (IED) and materials used in making explosives were recovered from the encounter site, located about 350km from state capital Raipur, he said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Bodgubli village when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said.