A Naxalite carrying a ₹5 lakh bounty was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
The gunfight took place in forested hills under the Geedam police station area when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Bastar Fighters was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
Police received inputs on March 3 that Naxalites were reportedly concealing weapons and other materials in the forested hill region.
The neutralised Naxalite was identified as Rajesh Punem, a resident of Burji village in Bijapur district.
Punem carried a bounty of ₹5 lakh.
A search operation in the area is underway, police said.
This is the latest in a series of encounters in Chhattisgarh, where at least 26 Naxalites have been killed so far this year.
