New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Three Maoists, including a Central Committee member, were killed by security forces in an encounter in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, police said on Monday.

Among the three Maoists killed are Sahdev Soren alias Parvesh and two senior commanders - Raghunath Hembram alias Chanchal and Birsen Ganjhu.

Sahdev Soren, a central committe member, had a bounty of Rs.1 crore on his head, police said.

"Sahdeo Soren, a Central Committee Member of CPI(Maoist) carrying Rs.1 Crore on his head, and two other Naxals killed in an encounter with a joint team of CoBRA battalion, Giridih and Hazaribagh Police this morning in village Karandi, PS Tatijharia, district Hazaribagh based on intelligence inputs," Jharkhand Police said in a statement...