Three CPI-Maoist cadre were killed during an exchange of fire with security forces in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on May 9.
Acting on intelligence input, security forces launched a combing operation in Taprang Reserve Forest under Madanpur Rampur Police Station limits of Kalahandi district early in the morning.
The left-wing extremists, who are believed to be part of the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh division of CPI-Maoist, had first launched fire at security forces, said Odisha Police.
