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
The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in the forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation
The gunfight took place in the wee hours at a forest near Minpa village under Chintagufa police station limits, located about 400 km the state capital Raipur.