Security forces kill 3 Maoists in Chhattisgarh encounter

A joint team of District Reserve Guards (DRG), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Border Security Force (BSF) personnel ventured into the forest area after getting some intelligence inputs, officials said. Soon after, the encounter began.

During the encounter, three Maoists, all men, were shot dead, officials said. “We have recovered three indigenously made weapons from them. Efforts are on to ascertain their identity,” said Kanker district superintendent of police Kalyan Elesela.

A new police camp has recently come up around 15 kilometres from the encounter spot. Police sources said a number of police camps have been established recently in Kanker, and that anti-Naxal operations have been stepped up.