A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday, a police official said. The gunfight took place at around 10 am in a forest between Perowada and Timenar villages under Mirtur police station limits when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard and the Special Task Force was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI.