Naxal with ₹5 lakh bounty shot dead in Chhattisgarh
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January 13, 2021 10:49 IST
Joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Chhattisgarh Armed Force led operation in Dantewada district
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A Google map view of Chhattisgarh s Dantewada district.
Joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Chhattisgarh Armed Force led operation in Dantewada district A Naxal carrying a reward of ₹5 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh s Dantewada district on Wednesday, a police official said.
The rebel was wanted in connection with several Naxal incidents, Dantewada s Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said.
The gunfight took place in a forest between Chikpal and Marjum villages early morning when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, he said.