The incident took place around 8.30 am between Dondribeda and Sonpur villages when a team of the ITBP's 53rd battalion was out on patrolling duty to ensure security to a road construction work.
In November last year, 26 Naxals, including one of their top commanders, were gunned down in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district.
The incident took place at Timmapur-Putkel under Basaguda police station area of the district when a CRPF patrol comprising personnel from 'F company' of its 168th battalion was out for a road opening and sanitising duty.
Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and the 201st battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), an elite unit of the CRPF, were involved in the operation to ensure security for the ongoing road construction works in interior areas, he said.
According to the official, police have registered an offence and launched a probe.
Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.
The plant is located in Murdonda village under Awapalli police station limits, over 400 km from the state capital Raipur.
Sukhlal Parchaki was carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakhs, according to a senior Home Ministry official.
The C-60 commandos, an elite wing of the police, had recovered bodies of 26 Naxals during a search after the encounter and Teltumbde, one of the wanted accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was suspected to be among the dead.
The encounter took place near Mardintola village in the morning when naxals fired on a search team of the police.
Police received information that the two were abducted from Kanhaiguda village, located around 4 km away from Gorna, by militia cadres of Maoists
The deceased were identified as Raje Muchaki, Geeta Markam and Jyoti alias Bhime Nuppo, who were active as members of Katekalyan Area Committee of Maoists.
According to the Union Home Ministry data, Maoist violence has reduced considerably in the country and the menace is prevalent now in just about 45 districts.
Thackeray is accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and DGP Sanjay Pandey. After meeting, Thackeray will leave for Maharashtra Sadan and will head back to Mumbai at 03:30 PM.
Madhya Pradesh government is planning to launch various development works and the recruitment drive for the police and other departments in the Naxal-hit Balaghat district.
Women police constables in Chhattisgarh's Sukma came together voluntarily to form a team of 'Durga Fighters' to tackle the problem of naxalism in the region.
Two ITBP personnel, including one Assistant Commandant, were killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday. The incident happened around 12.10 pm near the Kademeta camp of the 45th battalion of the ITBP under Chhotedongar police station limits.
Naxal "commander" Raju Kaaram (24) and his wife Sunita (21), an area committee member of the outlawed outfit, with cash rewards of Rs 8 lakh each on their heads, laid down arms in Bijapur district, an official said.
"We found 14 land mines and were disposed of by Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad," M Tamil Vanan, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jamshedpur said.
After being alerted, a team of security personnel from a nearby camp rushed to the spot.
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