Raipur: Around seven Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday at 6 am.

The exchange of fire occurred around 6 am in the forest near Sitagota village under Baghnadi police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.