Security Forces (SFs) killed three cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in an exchange of fire at Bhairamgarh in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on July 15, reports The New Indian Express. Dantewada, Superintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Pallava, said, “Based on the intelligence inputs about the movement of Maoists in the region, a team of District Reserve Guards (DRG) left on a search operation. There was an encounter at around 6 pm at the hilly terrain of Dholkal and Pedapal. Three Maoists were killed. The bodies have been identified.” The bodies of three Maoists, identified as Birju Kakem, Jaggu Kakem and Ajay Poyami, were recovered from the site. Three country-made firearms, kit bags, a three-kilograms Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and items of daily use were also recovered. Birju, a ‘militia platoon commander’, and Jaggu, ‘deputy chief’ of the ‘Range party committee' of Maoists, were carrying rewards of INR 100,000 each on their heads, the official said.