Security personnel exchanged gunfire with the Maoists in Garhwa district but there was no report of any casualty in either side, police said.
The encounter between 209 battalion of CoBRA and the 'dasta' (firing squad) of Maoist leader Arvind lasted for two hours at Budha Pahad under Bhandaria police station of the district, Superintendent of Police Priyadarshi Alok told reporters here.
A massive search operation was carried out after the encounter, he added.
