A Naxal commander, carrying a reward of ₹3 lakh on his head, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday morning, an official said.
A jawan of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was also injured in the gunfight, they said.
The skirmish took place at around 8.30 a.m. at a forest near Kaika and Mosla villages under Naimed police station limits when a joint team of the security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P. told PTI.
