According to the information, the Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.
The encounter took place on November 26 in the Pomra forest under Mirtur police station limits when joint teams of security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation.
The byelection has been necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA and state Assembly's Deputy Speaker Manoj Singh Mandavi due to a heart attack on October 16.
Singareni Thermal Power Station has achieved the highest Plant Load Factor with 90.86 percent, which is the top among more than 250 public and private thermal power stations in the country.
Even as Bendalapadu gram panchayat and its residents passed a resolution seeking to evict Gutti Koyas from the Yerrabodu habitation, the tribals have refused to move.
The exchange of fire took place in the morning hours when a joint search operation by District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF) and CRPF personnel was carried out in the forests of Pomra area under Mirtur police station in the district.
Besides, the Naxals also blocked the Antagarh-Narayanpur state highway by cutting down five trees in the Tadoki police station area, according to Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP) Shalabh Sinha, who has confirmed the news of the incident.