A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed and five other personnel were injured in a gunbattle with Naxals in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said.
The encounter took place in the afternoon near Khobramendha jungles in Kurkheda area.
The deceased jawan was identified as Mahendra Singh. The injured were airlifted by a helicopter from the encounter site and brought to district headquarters in Gadchiroli from where they were shifted to Nagpur for treatment, police added.
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