India, April 6 -- Three suspected Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana on Saturday, a senior police official said.

Police said that the encounter took place in Pujari Kanker forest along the interstate border when a team of Greyhounds, Telangana's elite anti-Naxal force, was out on an operation.

The identities of the Maoists are yet to be ascertained and combing operation of the forest is going on.

A team of Chhattisgarh police was also present in the area to extend auxiliary support to the Greyhounds team, he said.

"Three Maoists were killed in the gunfight and an AK -47 was also recovered from the spot. The teams of both the states are still in the forest and...