On May 18, a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Dudhi Hunga (35), who was wanted in connection with 16 cases and carried a bounty of INR 100,000 on his head, was killed in an encounter with the Police in the forest near Banjarpara village under Polampalli Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh, reports ndtv.com. Following the cessation of the exchange of fire, the Security Forces (SFs) recovered the body of a Maoist, a muzzle-loading gun, a tiffin bomb, three gelatine rods, an improvised explosive device (IED), two cordex wires, a Maoist uniform, and items of daily use from the encounter site. Hunga was active as the militia commander of the RPC (Revolutionary People's Committee) in the Konta area committee of Maoists, an official said.