Raipur, Nov. 17 -- Three Maoists were killed after an encounter broke out with security personnel in Sukma district on Sunday, police said, adding that the operation was still underway. The gunfight erupted in forested hills of Bhejji under Chintagufa police station area on Sunday when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) launched an anti-Maoist operation based on inputs about the presence of cadres in the region, inspector general of police (Bastar Range) Sunderraj P said. The deceased Maoists were identified as Jan Militia Commander Madvi Deva, a sniper specialist and area committee member; Cultural and Communications (CNM) Commander Podium Gangi; and area committee member and in-charge secretary of the Kistaram area, Sodi Gangi. So far, three Maoists have been killed in the gun battle and the operation is still underway, the IG said. With this, 262 Maoists have been killed in encounters in Chhattisgarh this year. Of them, 233 were eliminated in the Bastar division comprising seven districts including Sukma, 27 others were killed in Gariaband district, while two were gunned down in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district....