Three more bodies of Naxalites were recovered on April 3 morning in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district where a fierce encounter took place between security personnel and Naxalites the previous day, police said.
With this, the number of Naxalites killed in the gun battle on April 2 has risen to 13, they said.
Following the major anti-insurgency operation ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the police on April 2 found bodies of 10 Naxalites, including a woman.