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3 Maoists Neutralised In Joint Inter-State Ops Along Odisha-Chhattisgarh Border

Bhubaneswar: Three Maoists were gunned down on border areas of Odisha’s Nuapada district and Gariabandh district in Chattisgarh during a joint inter-state operation on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

The operational teams, composing SOG Teams, Chhattisgarh Special Forces and CRPF, engaged in an exchange of fire around 11 am with Maoists at Atang forest. Three bodies of Maoists and five weapons have been recovered so far,  Gariaband SP Nikhil Ashok Kumar Rakhecha told the media.

The encounter is underway and further details are awaited: Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jitendra Chandrakar was quoted as saying.

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