A leftist insurgent was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said.
The gun fight broke out on Friday morning in the dense forested patch of Metapal village under Gangaloor police station when a joint team of security forces was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police K l Dhruv told reporters.
“A composite squad of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and District Reserve Group (DRG) had launched the operation in the interiors of Gangaloor, around 450 kms away from the state capital,” he said.
When the party was advancing through Metapal forest, they came under heavy fire from Maoists that led to a gun-battle between both the sides, the Dhruv added. However, the ultras soon fled from the spot.
During the search conducted later, body of a rebel and a 12-bore gun were recovered from the spot. The identity of the deceased Maoist has not been ascertained so far.
On Thursday, two commander-rank ultras, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, were killed in a gun-battle with security forces in Bijapur.