ANaxalite was killed in a gun battle with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday.
The gunfight took place at around 4.15 pm in the forest of Kudmer when the police and District Reserve Guard (DRG) was on a search operation, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Pankaj Shukla said.
A group of Naxalites opened fire at the security personnel while the team was returning, triggering the fighting, the officer said.
The Maoists fled the spot on finding the security men zeroing in on them, he added.
During a search of the site, the body of a Naxalite cadre identified as Rakesh of Bhairamgarh Area Committee, was found along with a country-made pistol, the officer said.