RAIPUR: Security forces gunned down a Maoist during an encounter between the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and the Maoists on Friday afternoon in the forests surrounding Etepal in Katekalyan area of Dantewada district in tribal Bastar region.
Police said the Maoist has been identified as Madhvi Kosa, area committee member of Katekalyan area and was carrying a reward of Rs. 5,00,000. The deceased Maoist had around 17 cases registered against him in Dantewada in connection with Maoist violence.