Woman Maoist killed in encounter in Bastar

RAIPUR: A woman Maoist was killed in an ongoing encounter between security forces and Maoists as part of an anti-Naxal operation in forests bordering Narayanpur and Dantewada districts in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on Friday. Security forces have recovered the Maoist body along with a weapon, police said.An encounter broke out with Maoists when a joint team of Special Task Force and District Reserve Guards (DRG) of Dantewada and Narayanpur districts were dispatched from respective camps to Thulthuli forest.This is the same forest where 38 Maoists were neutralized in one of the biggest encounters in October 2024.Officials said that further details will be divulged later as the operation is still on.