Seven Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh this morning. Police said, the gunfight broke out around 6 AM in the forest near Sitagota village under Baghnadi police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
According to the police, a cache of arms and ammunition, including an AK 47, was recovered from the spot. Sources had said that the Maoists had set up camp in the jungles, attempting to reassert their authority on an area that is considered to be slipping away rapidly.