India, Dec. 18 -- Three Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, police said.

The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on a forested hill under the Golapalli police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on a search operation following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area, Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Kiran Chavan said.

The bodies of three Maoists, including a woman, have been recovered from the encounter site so far, SP Chavan said.

He added that the operation is still underway and further details are awaited.

With this incident, the number of Maoists killed in encounters in Chhattisgarh th...