Naxalite gunned down in face-off with police in Chhattisgarh

A Naxal was gunned down in an exchange of fire between the ultras and security forces at a village in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said today. "The skirmish took place late last night in Basaguda village leaving one Maoist dead," Bijapur’s Superintendent of Police K L Dhruv told PTI. A joint team of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action’s (CoBRA) 204th battalion and district force had left for a counter-insurgency operation from Basaguda police station last night, he said.