Woman Naxal killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

A woman Naxal was killed in an encounter in Tekalgudem-Basaguda villages of the district when a team of CRPF's 168th battalion, a unit of its 204th CoBRA battalion and state police were conducting an operation.

Raipur: A woman Naxal has been killed in an encounter with a joint team of security forces led by the CRPF in the jungles of Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh Monday.

They said that the incident took place around the Tekalgudem-Basaguda villages of the district when a team of CRPF's 168th battalion, a unit of its 204th CoBRA battalion and state police were conducting an operation.

"Body of a female Maoist wearing a uniform-like dress and three rifles have been recovered from the spot," an official they said.

"A search of the area is ongoing," officials said.