<p>Raipur: A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The encounter took place in a jungle area on a hill near Tumar Gatta and Singavaram villages under Jagargunda police station limits in the morning when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said.</p>.<p>The operation was launched on Friday night following inputs about the presence of Maoists belonging to their Jagargunda area committee, he said.</p>.Heavy rains disrupt life in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Fadnavis personally monitoring situation.<p>"After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Naxalite along with one muzzle-loading gun, a wireless set, explosives and Maoist-related material were recovered from the spot," he said.</p>.<p>A search operation was still underway in the area, he added.</p>.<p>With this incident, 142 Naxalites were gunned down by security forces in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year, police said. </p>
<p>Raipur: A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The encounter took place in a jungle area on a hill near Tumar Gatta and Singavaram villages under Jagargunda police station limits in the morning when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior official said.</p>.<p>The operation was launched on Friday night following inputs about the presence of Maoists belonging to their Jagargunda area committee, he said.</p>.Heavy rains disrupt life in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Fadnavis personally monitoring situation.<p>"After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Naxalite along with one muzzle-loading gun, a wireless set, explosives and Maoist-related material were recovered from the spot," he said.</p>.<p>A search operation was still underway in the area, he added.</p>.<p>With this incident, 142 Naxalites were gunned down by security forces in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh so far this year, police said. </p>