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    Chhattisgarh: Three villagers killed by naxalites in Kanker

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    Three villagers were killed by Naxalites in a village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker on the suspicion of being informers of the Maharashtra police, officials said on Thursday. The Chhattisgarh police said they have received information about the incident and further details in this regard are being collected.

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    Security forces personnel carry an injured Naxalite (Representaive image)
    Three villagers were killed by Naxalites in a village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker on the suspicion of being informers of the Maharashtra police, officials said on Thursday. The Chhattisgarh police said they have received information about the incident and further details in this regard are being collected.

    Citing initial inputs, the police said that Kulle Katlami (35), Manoj Kovachi (22) and Dugge Kovachi (27), all residents of Morkhandi village adjoining Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, were murdered by Naxalites on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. In pamphlets thrown at the spot, Maoists claimed that the three were acting as informers for C-60, an elite anti-Naxal unit of the Maharashtra police, it said.

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