Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday.
The gun battle took place on a hill near Dabbakunna village in the evening when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Bastar Fighters was out on an anti-Naxal operation along the Dantewada-Sukma inter-district border.
Both DRG and BF are special units of the Chhattisgarh police.
Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P. told PTI that bodies of three male Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site.
Identity of the trio was yet to be ascertained.
The officer said that a cache of explosives and weapons was also seized from the encounter site
Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Ashok Juneja directed security personnel of Bastar division to ensure continuous work on development and security by establishing better strategy and mutual coordination with regard to operations against Naxalites.
Juneja was addressing a meeting in Bastar to review the anti-Naxal operations.
The meeting was attended by ADG (Naxal Operations) Vivekanand, Bastar (Range) IGP Sundarraj P. as well as DIGs, SPs and senior officials of paramilitary forces of Bastar division, said an official statement.
