Naxals kill 3 in Chhattisgarh

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, June 19 (UNI) Naxals have killed three of eight special police officers who went missing in Dantewada district yesterday, police said.

The bodies of Gopal Singh, Moem Lakshmaiyya and Kudiyam Budhra were found near Banda Police Post. Rebel fire on security personnel at the spot killed a head constable yesterday. The Maoists looted two self-loading rifles and seven other guns.

Ultras torched a jeep in Bijapur district's Murtunda village last night.

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