A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre charged with eight cases of violence and carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on his head was gunned down in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) near Bindrapani village forest in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on July 29, reports Hindustan Times. The slain Maoist was identified as Rakesh Madkam, a ‘commander’ of the Katekalyan Area Committee of the CPI-Maoist, adds The Free Press Journal. SFs recovered the body of the Maoist and also recovered a country-made gun, ammunition and other Maoist-related material, from the encounter site.