Bijapur, June 6 -- A top Naxal leader, carrying a bounty of Rs 45 lakh, was killed during an encounter with security forces in the National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said on Friday.

According to Bijapur police officials, the Naxal leader was identified as Bhaskar Rao, alias Mailarapu Adellu and Mandugula Bhaskar Rao.

Inspector General of Bastar Range, P Sundarraj, said that security forces recovered Rao's body from the encounter site along with an AK-47 rifle, explosives, and other weapons.

He said the search operation is still ongoing to trace other Naxals hiding in the area.

Bhaskar was the Secretary of the Mancherial-Komarambheem (MKB) division of the Telangana State Committee of the CPI (Maoist) outfi...