Published - December 18, 2025 10:20 am IST - Sukma Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Three Maoists, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday (December 18, 2025),” police said. “The exchange of fire broke out in the morning on a forested hill under the Golapalli police station area when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on a search operation based on inputs about the presence of Maoist cadres in the area,” Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan told PTI.