The gunfight took place around 12:30 p.m in the dense forest near Bhandarpal village when a team of the police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-naxal operation
A huge cache of firearms and explosives was also recovered from the site, he said.
The gunfight took place around 12:30 p.m in the dense forest near Bhandarpal village when a team of the police s District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P.
The operation had been launched on Monday based on information about the presence of Maoists belonging to the `North Kanker-Mainpur Division Coordination Committee in the jungles of Rajpur, Bhandarpal and Timnar villages along the Kondagaon-Kanker district border, the IG said.
The gun battle between DRG team and the banned red ultras near Bhandarpal, lasted for about an hour, the senior official said.