Naxalite killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh

Bijapur, Oct 2 (PTI) One Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, a police official said.
The gun battle broke out at around 11 am in Gangaloor police station area when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, he said.
The intermittent exchange of fire is still underway, he said.
So far, the body of one Naxalite, along with a weapon and explosive materials, have been recovered from the encounter site, the official said, adding that more details are awaited.
With the latest action, 253 Naxalites have been killed in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year. Of them, 224 were eliminated in the Bastar division, comprising seven districts, including Bijapur, while 27 others were gunned down in Gariaband district, which falls in Raipur division. Two other Naxalites were killed in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district in Durg division.
On September 22, two top cadres, Raju Dada alias Katta Ramachandra Reddy (63) and Kosa Dada alias Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy (67), both Central Committee members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoists) were killed in an encounter in the state's Narayanpur district, police said.

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