Three security personnel killed in Dantewada Naxal encounter

Dantewada, Mar 14 (ANI): At least three security personnel are reported to have been killed and seven others injured in an encounter between the Naxals and the security forces in the Morpalli forests of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.

The injured security personnel have been evacuated and brought by helicopter to Jagdalpur district hospital.

The encounter began at 3 p.m. today after the security forces acting on specific information went in for the search operations.

Further details into the incident are awaited. (ANI)