3 Maoists with ₹15 lakh bounty killed in Sukma encounter

New Delhi: Three Maoists - a sniper specialist and two women - carrying a total reward of ₹15 lakh were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, Bastar Police said in a statement on Sunday. The sniper was involved in the killing of Chattishgarh's additional SP.

The encounter took place 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 was out on an anti-Maoist operation. They had inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres, said Sukma superintendent of police Kiran Chavan.

IGP (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P urged the armed cadres to lay down arms and join the mainstream.