Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Sunday morning, a senior police official said.
The face-off took place around 8 am on a hill between Bhomra-Hurtarai villages under the Koyalibeda police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Kanker Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
The security forces had received inputs about the presence of cadres belonging to company no. 5 of Maoists in Bhomra, Hurtarai and Michchebeda villages, he said.
A joint squad of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and 30th battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) was dispatched to the area on Saturday night, the official said.
A gunfight broke out, and Maoists fled the scene after a brief exchange of fire, he said.
Bodies of three Maoists were recovered from the site along with some muzzle-loading guns, he said.
A few items of daily use and Maoist-related materials were also seized, the official said.
The identity of the killed Maoists was yet to be ascertained, he added.
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