Three Maoists were gunned down in Jharkhand's Gulma in an encounter between them and the security forces on Sunday morning. Police have seized two AK-47 rifles from the site.
According to the police, in a special joint operation carried out by 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police, an encounter ensued between police and Maoists at 6.20 in the morning near Gumla.
Additional Director General of Police (Operation) M L Meena told PTI that the three were killed during the encounter with the personnel of CRPFs CoBRA unit and Gumla district police at Kamdara in Gumla district, about 94 km from Ranchi.
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(With inputs from agencies)
