Sukma, March 29 -- A Maoist was killed in an encounter with the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in the forest hills under the Polampalli police station area of Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

Superintendent of Police, Sukma, Kiran Chavan said the search operation was launched based on intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the area.

"Based on intelligence about the presence of Maoists in the forest hills under the Polampalli police station area of District Sukma, the District Sukma DRG team launched a search operation," Chavan told ANI.

As per the police, an intermittent exchange of fire took place between the DRG team and the Maoists from the early hours of Saturday. Upon searching the encounter site, the body of one...