Three Naxalites, including two women, were killed in a DRG encounter in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. Weapons were seized, and all carried ₹5-lakh rewards. Police said Naxalism is in its final stage in Bastar, with 262 Naxalites killed statewide this year

Sukma: Three Naxalites, carrying a collective reward of Rs 15 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

The gunfight broke out in the forested hills of Tumalpad village along the border of Bhejji and Chintagufa police station area in the morning when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxalite operation. They had inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the region, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said.

The intermittent exchange of f

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