Three Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.
The skirmish took place around 9.30 am in the forest near Madpal village under Mirtur police station limits when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police, Mohit Garg told PTI.
“After getting the information that a group of Naxals was holding a meeting to chalk out strategies to disrupt the next month’s assembly elections, a squad of DRG was dispatched to the area,” he said.
After spotting the security forces near Madpal, located around 450 km away from capital Raipur, the ultras opened fire on them that led to the gun-battle, Garg said.
