Sukma, May 23 -- One Naxal was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, Police said on Friday.

As per the police, the gunfight between security personnel and naxals has been underway since Thursday. A search operation is being conducted by the security forces at the site of the encounter and nearby areas.

Further details are awaited.

This came two days after 27 Naxals were killed in the joint operation of the security forces in the Abujmarh forests of Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Wednesday.

The Inspector General (IG) of Bastar Range in Chhattisgarh, P Sundarraj, on Thursday said CPI (Maoist) general secretary Basavaraju, who was killed in an encounter, had an active ro...