NARAYANPUR: A maoist commander was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's
Narayanpur
district on Monday, a senior police official said.
The gunfight took place at around 11.30 am in the forest of Bahker under Chhotedongar police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an area domination operation, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Girija Shankar Jaiswal said.
When the patrolling team was cordoning off the forest in Bahker, located over 300 km from the state capital Raipur, a group of
maoists positioned on a hill, opened fire at the security personnel leading to the gunfight, he said.
However, the ultras soon fled the spot on finding the security personnel zeroing-in on them, he said.
During a search of the encounter site, the body of a Naxal clad in 'uniform' was recovered along with an AK-47 r*fle," the official said.