3 Maoists killed in firefight in C’garh

Bhopal: Three suspected Maoists, including a woman commander, were on Sunday gunned down in an encounter in forested village of Pendori under the Aundi police limits in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district. According to Rajnandgaon district superintendent of police (SP) Prashant Agrawal, a search party of district force personnel was attacked by Maoists at Pendori at around 2 pm in the afternoon, leading to a fierce gunbattle between them. Later, the rebels escaped into the jungle. Security personnel found bodies of three Naxalites, including a woman, at the encounter site.