Seven Naxalites, including two women, were killed in a clash with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur-Kanker forest border. This encounter, the second major strike within 15 days, occurred during an anti-Naxal operation by the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force. Weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, were seized. With 88 Naxalites killed this year in Bastar region encounters, the state continues its efforts against insurgency.