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Kanker: A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Monday, April 13, police said.
The face-off comes 12 days after the government declared Chhattisgarh free of armed Maoists on March 31.
The exchange of fire took place in a forested area under the Chhote Bethiya police station limits in the morning, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.
“So far, the body of a woman Naxalite along with a weapon has been recovered from the spot,” he said.
The deceased cadre has been identified as Rupi, a member of the Maoists’ Partapur area committee, the official said.
The operation was still underway in the area, and further details were awaited, he added.
This post was last modified on April 13, 2026 8:26 am