Security Forces (SFs), comprising District Reserve Guard (DRG), killed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) local ‘military intelligence in-charge’, identified as Kosam alias Kosa, in an encounter in the forested terrain of Neelawaya in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh early on April 20 (today), reports The Hindu. Kosam, a resident of Mallapara in Neelawaya, and was active in the CPI-Maoist for the past 15 years. He was also the Malangir ‘area committee member, ACM’, and was wanted in connection with 15 crimes involving Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] actions. A pistol and a country made Bharmar, a muzzle-loading gun and three kilograms of Improvised Explosive Device (IED), backpacks, medicines and other items of daily use have also been recovered from the encounter site. Following information about the presence of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Malangir Area Committee ‘chief’ Somudu, Kamlesh Santosh Mukesh, ‘area committee member, ACM’, Lakkhe and others around 10-12 armed cadres of the Malangir Area Committee in the hill of Tikan Pal Gacha Para under Kirandul Police Station area, a search operation was launched by a joint party of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in Dantewada District in Chhattisgarh on April 18, reported Glibs. Seeing the Security Forces (SFs) the Maoists fled the Maoist camp and the SFs recovered seven Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] literature copies, cooking utensils, two pieces, flashlight, mirror, brush, toothpaste, soap and other daily use materials from the Maoist camp.