3 Maoists Killed in C'garh Encounter

Officials Have Also Recovered Automatic Weapons and Other Explosives from the Site

- Agencies

BIJAPUR: At least three Maoists have been killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, Bijapur police said.

The security personnel have also recovered several automatic and other weapons and explosives from the forests under the National Park area of Bijapur district.

Currently, a search operation is going on in the area and the security personnel are identifying the dead Maoists.

The operation was carried out after the team of security personnel received intelligence of the presence of Maoists in the forests under the National Park area of Bijapur district.

Acting on the information, a team of security forces left for an anti-Maoist operation.