India, Feb. 3 -- A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said on Monday, adding that they have also recovered an automatic rifle from the site.

Kanker superintendent of police, Indira Kalyan Elesela, said that the gunfight took place on Sunday afternoon in a forest along the Kanker-Narayanpur border during an anti-Naxal operation.

"The operation was conducted by a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) following intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres from the North Bastar and Maad divisions," said the SP.

After the encounter, security personnel recovered the body of a male Maoist along with a Self-Loading Rifle (SLR).

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