Naxalite killed in encounter with security forces in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh; total Naxalites killed in Bastar this year reaches 80.

In Chhattisgarh, a Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district. This brings the total number of Naxalites killed in separate encounters in the state's Bastar region this year to 80. The gunfight occurred in a forest near Keshkutul village when a District Reserve Guard was conducting an anti-Naxal operation based on intelligence.