Dantewada: Police neutralized 3 Maoists in an encounter. The gun battle occurred on a hill near Dabbakunna village under Katekalyan police station limits in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
A joint team of security personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Bastar Fighters, both units of the state police was carrying an anti-Maoists operation along the Dantewada-Sukma inter-district border. Maoists fired upon the security forces and they retaliated. After the firing stopped, the bodies of three male Maoists, clad in ‘uniform’ were recovered from the spot.
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A cache of explosives and weapons was also seized from the encounter site. The identity of the trio was yet to be ascertained, the officer said.
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