On January 25, a woman cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was injured in an encounter with the Security Forces (SFs) in a forest near Sikaser Dam under Mainpur Police Station limits in Gariabandh District of Chhattisgarh, reportslatestly.com. The encounter took place when a District Force (DF) team was on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation after receiving inputs about the movement of ultras, Gariabandh Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Tukaram Kamble said, adding that on sensing the presence of Police at the site, the Naxalites opened fire and SFs retaliated. "The Naxalites fled into the core forest later. After the gunfight, a woman Naxalite was found injured at the site. She has been shifted to Gariabandh for treatment," he said. She is yet to be identified, but a preliminary probe suggests she is from Silger village in Sukma District and part of "company number 10" of the outlawed movement, the SP informed.