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Encounter took place in Dantewada during an anti-Naxal operation

A cache of explosives and weapons was also seized from the encounter site, he added.

At least three Maoists were killed in a gun battle with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday, a senior officer said.

Though Naxal violence has declined, poll-time violence showed that the problem remains. If the BJP govt strengthened security efforts in its time, the Congress one went in for a mixed approach including development.

A 25-year-old villager was killed allegedly by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh on suspicion of being a police informer, a senior official said.

Naxal activities will be monitored through drones and helicopters; bomb disposal team and dog squad will also be roped in

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Ahead of the upcoming state polls, the police has deployed 60,000 security personnel in a three-layer security cover for more than 600 booths in the Naxal-hit area Bastar. - Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Police Deploys 60,000 Security Personnel In This Naxal-Hit Area Ahead Of State Polls

Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division IG has appealed to the voters to come out and vote as he assures foolproof security amidst threats issued by Naxals to villagers and polling officials

Around 60,000 security personnel, 40,000 of them belonging to the Central Armed Police Forces and 20,000 from the state police, have been deployed for the smooth conduct of polls in Bastar division which has 12 assembly segments, they said.

Naxals want to spread fear psychosis by killing villagers for whom they claim to fight. During the 2018 Chhattisgarh elections, 79 villagers were abducted, then shot and hacked to death by Naxals, reveals a report by Chhattisgarh anti-Naxal operation force, accessed by News 18