The security forces also recovered cache of arms and explosives from the encounter site. According to the police, 197 Naxalites have been neutralised so far this year in anti-Naxal operations. The

Security forces are engaged in a fierce gunfight with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Abujhmadh region, following intensified anti-Naxal operations.

Malkangiri/Bijapur: At least three Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces during a search operation in Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, said