Overview

• Security forces engaged Maoists in Narayanpur’s Abujhmad forest after intelligence on insurgent presence.
• Police reported recovering one body, while some outlets cited two, with identification pending.
• Seizures included an AK-47 rifle, other arms, explosive material, literature and daily-use items.
• No injuries to security personnel were reported as intermittent firing and combing continued.
• The latest encounter lifts the year’s Maoist death toll in Chhattisgarh to roughly 248–249, according to police tallies.