India, June 5 -- A central committee member of CPI (Maoist) was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, police said. A senior Chhattisgarh officer confirmed the death of Sudhakar.

The development comes a month after Nambala Keshav Rao, also known as Basavaraju, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh.

The operation, carried out by a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), and elite CoBRA units, was based on specific intelligence about the movement of senior Maoist leaders in the region, a statement issued by Bastar police claimed.

According to officials, intelligence inputs indicated the presenc...