Three Maoists Killed in Chhattisgarh Encounter

Three Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces along the border between Chhattisgarh's Dantewada and Bijapur districts on Tuesday, a police officer said amid heightened anti-insurgency operations in the Left-wing insurgency-hit state that have left over 100 rebels dead this year.

- Press Trust of India

RAIPUR:

Dantewada police superintendent Gaurav Rai said the exchange was triggered in a forest when security forces were out on an anti-Maoist operation launched on Monday based on inputs of the Maoist presence in the area.

"...we found three bodies of Maoists. An intensive search was ongoing at the site and surrounding areas," Rai said. He said weapons and other material were recovered from the spot even as the identity of those killed was to be ascertained.