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The operation was part of an anti-Naxal operation launched by a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of Bijapur and Dantewada, Special Task Force (STF) and 202nd battalion of CRPF's elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) on Tuesday, an official said.
The deceased, identified as Commander Tijau Ram Bhuarya, was stationed at the 4th Battalion in the Darbha area.
Two maoists were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Saturday.
The Maoists were 400-500 fighters strong, including 200 from one of their most dangerous battalions — the Battalion 1 of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) headed by their new chief Barse Deva — officials said.
Maoists fired dozens of crudely-made rocket-shaped barrels called BGL and unleashed heavy gunfire in their lethal attack on a CRPF unit in Chhattisgarh on a day the paramilitary force opened a new camp in a remote area of the Bastar region.