India, Sept. 28 -- Three Maoists carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs.14 lakh were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Kanker district on Sunday, officials said.

The gun battle took place on a forested hill near Chhindkhadak village along the border of Kanker and Gariaband districts, where a joint team of security personnel was carrying out an anti-Maoist operation in the morning, Kanker superintendent of police (SP) Indira Kalyan Elesela said.

Personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Kanker and Gariaband, along with the Border Security Force (BSF), were involved in the operation, he said.

The bodies of three Maoists, including a woman cadre, were recovered from the site, along with a self-loading rifle (SLR), a ....