The gunfight took place last night in Kistaram police station area.

(File Photo)Raipur:  An officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in a gunfight with the Maoists in a dense forest in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said today.The gunfight took place last night in Kistaram police station area when a team of CRPF's 212th battalion was out on a search-cum-area domination operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police (South Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI."Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Anil Kumar Maurya was killed in the incident," he said.The deceased was a native of Madhya Pradesh.Security forces have launched a combing operation in the area, located around 500 km away from the state capital Raipur, he added.(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)