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Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter during a DRG operation in Sukma’s forested hills.

Police said the operation began after intelligence inputs on Maoist presence in the area.

Statewide encounter deaths this year have reached 262 across Bastar, Raipur and Durg divisions.

Three Naxalites were shot dead in an exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

The encounter began on Sunday morning in the forested hills between the Bhejji and Chintagufa police station limits, where a District Reserve Guard (DRG) team had launched an anti-Naxalite operation after receiving information about Maoist movement in the area, Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan told PTI.

“So far, three Naxalites have been killed in

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