A District Reserve Guard (DRG) trooper was on Friday killed in an exchange of fire with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-ridden Kanker district, police said.
The skirmish took place in the forest of Binagunda village under Chhote Bethiya police station limits when a joint team of DRG and local police was out on a search operation, a local police official said.
When the patrolling team was advancing through Binagunda forest, it came under heavy fire from a group of ultras leading to the gun-battle between the two sides, he said. However, Maoists soon escaped from the spot on finding security personnel zeroing in on them, he added. “A DRG constable identified as Mohit Patel was killed in the encounter,” the officer said.
On being informed, reinforcements were rushed to the spot and the body of deceased jawan was evacuated from the forest, he added.