Two Reds shot dead in Chhattisgarh, year's toll 140

Security forces gunned down two high-ranking

Maoists

in an encounter in a patch of jungle on the

Kondagaon-Narayanpur

border late Tuesday night. The year's

Naxal

toll has risen to 140.
The duo was identified as committee member

Haldar

, who carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh, and area committee member Rame, who had reward of Rs 5 lakh.