Raipur: A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.
The encounter took place early in the morning in the jungles on a hill near Tumalpad village under Chintagufa police station limits when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.
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After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Naxalite was recovered along with a weapon and a huge cache of Maoist-related material from the spot, he said.
“The identity of the deceased Naxalite is yet to be ascertained and a search operation is still underway in the area,” he added.
With this incident, a total of 154 Naxalites have been gunned down by security forces in separate encounters so far this year in the state’s Bastar division comprising seven districts, including Sukma, police said.
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