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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the death of a CRPF jawan from Amethi district in an encounter with Naxalites in Sukma district of Chattisgarh. He also asked the minister in-charge of Amethi to personally visit the family and offer condolences on behalf of the government, the spokesman said. For all the latest Lucknow News, download Indian Express App The gunfight took place on Friday night and lasted around half-an-hour. The chief minister condoled the death of Assistant Sub-Inspector Anil Kumar Maurya, who hailed from Amethi, in a gun battle between the security forces and Naxalites, and has announced an ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh for his family, a government spokesman said..