3 more Maoists killed in Odisha, death toll reaches 27
Security forces shot dead three more Maoists in the forests of Malkangiri district in Odisha on Tuesday, taking the extremists' death toll to 27, in one of the biggest encounters with the outlawed outfit. The gun battle between the rebels and the forces had reportedly begun on Sunday evening and the operation has also claimed a Greyhounds commando's life.