Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been killed in a Naxal encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma District, which falls in the South Bastar region.
Television reports suggest that three jawans of CRPF's Cobra Force got killed when they were escorting a polling team.
This incident in Sukma comes just ahead when it goes to polls tomorrow.
Further details of the encounter are awaited.