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KANKER: Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Saturday, a senior official said.

Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarhs Kanker district on Saturday, a senior official said. The face-off took place around 8 am in a forest located under Koyalibeda police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a unit of the

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Police have also claimed to have recovered an AK-47 rifle from the encounter spot but the identity of the Maoist is yet to be ascertained

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