RAIPUR: At least twelve Maoists, including several senior leaders, were killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in the Kularighat forested terrain of the Mainpur region in Gariaband district, near the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, approximately 160 km east of Raipur, a senior police officer reported on Tuesday.“The encounter began yesterday, and by late evening, the forces had recovered the bodies of two women Maoists. More bodies were found this morning. The casualty count is expected to rise as the search operation has been intensified in the area. This operation marks the first time that several senior leaders of the banned outfit have been killed in Gariaband, Chhattisgarh. All the bodies were recovered from the Gariaband region,” said Nikhil Rakhecha, Superintendent of Police, Gariaband district, speaking to .
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