Raipur, March 26 -- Three Maoists, including a member of the special zonal committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) carrying a Rs.25 lakh reward on his head, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said, taking the number of ultras neutralised in the state to 116 so far this year amid intensified operations against Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
The gunfight took place at around 8am in a forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-LWE operation based on inputs about the presence of Maoists in forests of Girsapara, Nelgoda, Bodga and Ikeli villages, a senior police officer said.
"After the exchange of fire stopped, ...