<p>Dhamtari: A Naxalite was gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district on Sunday, a police official said.</p>.<p>A gun battle broke out at 3:30 pm in a forest near Muhkot-Aamjhar villages under Khallari police station limits when a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team under Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Anjneya Varshney was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, the official said.</p>.<p>"The exchange of fire started while the patrolling team was cordoning off Muhkot-Aamjhar forest. Naxalites escaped into the forest after funding security forces encircling them. A search of the area led to the discovery of the body of a Naxalite as well as a self-loading rifle (SLR), Maoist literature and items of daily use," SP Varshney told <em>PTI</em> over phone.</p>.'Urban Naxals' have entered some NGOs and spread false narratives: CM Shinde .<p>The identity of the slain ultra has not been ascertained, he said, adding the search operation in the area will resume on Monday morning.</p>.<p>With Sunday's incident, 133 Naxalites have been killed this year in separate encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.</p>.<p>Of these, 131 Maoists were gunned down in Bastar division, comprising seven districts, while two ultras were neutralised in Dhamtari district, which is part of Raipur division. On May 11, a Naxalite was killed in an encounter in Dhamtari district.</p>
<p>Dhamtari: A Naxalite was gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district on Sunday, a police official said.</p>.<p>A gun battle broke out at 3:30 pm in a forest near Muhkot-Aamjhar villages under Khallari police station limits when a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team under Dhamtari Superintendent of Police Anjneya Varshney was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, the official said.</p>.<p>"The exchange of fire started while the patrolling team was cordoning off Muhkot-Aamjhar forest. Naxalites escaped into the forest after funding security forces encircling them. A search of the area led to the discovery of the body of a Naxalite as well as a self-loading rifle (SLR), Maoist literature and items of daily use," SP Varshney told <em>PTI</em> over phone.</p>.'Urban Naxals' have entered some NGOs and spread false narratives: CM Shinde .<p>The identity of the slain ultra has not been ascertained, he said, adding the search operation in the area will resume on Monday morning.</p>.<p>With Sunday's incident, 133 Naxalites have been killed this year in separate encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.</p>.<p>Of these, 131 Maoists were gunned down in Bastar division, comprising seven districts, while two ultras were neutralised in Dhamtari district, which is part of Raipur division. On May 11, a Naxalite was killed in an encounter in Dhamtari district.</p>