Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 6 (HBTV): Three Naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur on Saturday. 

The anti-Naxal operation is led by Telangana's Greyhounds with auxiliary support from Chhattisgarh Police in the Karriguta forests of Pujari Kanker on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. 

The bodies of the Naxals and their weapons were recovered from the spot. 

The weapons, including a light machine gun and an AK-47, have been recovered from the spot so far.

Earlier, a Naxalite was killed in an encounter between security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Friday, a police official said.

The encounter took place in a forest under Kirandul police station limits when District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighters, and Central Reserve Police Force personnel were out on an anti-Naxal operation, the official said. 

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