Security forces kill three Maoists in Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh, three Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces yesterday. A joint team of CRPF’s Cobra battalion and District Reserve Guard-DRG was on a search operation after receiving intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the Usur-Basaguda-Pamed area of Bijapur district.

During the operation, an encounter took place



in the forest of Rekavaya. The security forces have recovered the bodies of the killed Maoists. Apart from this, a Self-loading Rifle-SLR, one sniper rifle and three other rifles along with a large number of other arms and ammunition have been recovered from the spot. The search operation is still going on in the area.