Bijapur, April 24 -- Three Naxalites were killed in a massive anti-Naxal operation launched by security forces in the Karegutta area in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, Police officials informed on Thursday.

According to officials, the search operation was launched on April 21.

The search operation was launched a few days after five naxals, including four women, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur, the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said.

"Five active naxals, namely Dasri Dhruv (26), Channu Gota (28), Jyoti Vadde (19), Sita Vadde (19), Sunita Vadde (25), surrendered today. The surrendered Naxals were handed over a cheque of Rs 50,000 each," ITBP said.

Following the surrender, speaking to mediapersons, Sukma Superintendant of ...