A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday (November 18, 2025), a police official said.

The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on a forested hill under Errabor police station limits when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation based on inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, he said.

So far, the body of one Maoist has been recovered from the spot, he said.

An intermittent gunfight was underway, and further details were awaited, he added.

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