New Delhi: Three policemen were killed and three others injured in an encounter between Naxals and security forces at Netanar, in Jagdalpur of Madhya Pradesh. Ten more were reported missing in the ensuing gunfight between the ultras and the police.
Earlier on Friday morning, three personnel of Chhattisgarh Police were killed and four others injured in an ambush set up by the Naxals in Bastar district of the state, a senior police official said in Raipur.
Bastar SP, Ratan Lal Dangi, said that the incident took place near Netanar village on Friday morning.
The police team, from Darbha station, was heading for the village after receiving report that Naxals had vandalised a guest house of the forest department there on Thursday.
While the police team was on their way back, Naxals triggered a landmine explosion and opened fire, Dangi said, adding that additional forces had been dispatched to the spot.
(With additional information from PTI)
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