A Maoist was gunned down on Monday in an exchange of fire with security personnel at a forest patch in restive Kanker district of Bastar, police said.
The skirmish took place this afternoon in the forest near Kamteda village when a joint team of STF, BSF and DRG was out on an anti-Naxal operation, according to Special Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) D M Awasthi.
“One Naxal was killed in the incident. Upon receiving information about the movement of Maoists in the area, a joint team of Special Task Force (STF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) launched a counter-insurgency operation ”, he said.