Gariaband, May 3 (PTI) A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, police said on Saturday.

The gunfight took place on Friday night in a forest under the Jugad police station limits where a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, an official said.

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He said after the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Naxalite and a firearm were recovered from the spot.

The official said a search operation was underway in the area.

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