Dantewada:At least nine Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the CRPF's 111 battalion accompanied by two Special Police Officers (SPOs) and four state policemen encircled the Maoists in the jungles of Jagargunda. Following the encounter, arms and explosives were
recovered from the site. Chhattisgarh is one of the most highly Naxal infested
states in the country.
