The encounter took place at around 8 am in southern Abujhmad, near a hill deep inside the forest ahead of Koylibeda village. Abujhmad is an unsurveyed area that is larger than the state of Goa, and has been a Maoist stronghold.
The incident took place around 5.45 am when Dinesh Chandra, a 30-year-old from Rajasthan, and his RPF colleagues were alighting from the Sarnath Express train after escort duty, Railway officials said.
The incident took place around 5.30 pm in a forest area near a hill between Tumkapal village and Dabakunna village, around 50 km from Dantewada headquarters.