Simdega (Jharkhand): A Naxalite who was neutralised by security forces in an encounter in Jharkhand's Simdega district on Wednesday, has been identified as PLF area commander Bagrayi Champia.
Champia was the PLFI area commander
Pertinently, ETV Bharat was the first to obtain an exclusive image of the killed naxal commander and identify him.
Additional Director General of Police (Operation) Murari Lal Meena said that an AK-47 was recovered from the spot of the encounter at Urmi forest under Bano block of the district.
The security forces received a tip-off about the presence of Naxalites in the area and a search operation was launched, he said.
Upon facing gun-fire, the security forces personnel retaliated in which the Maoist was killed, he said.
