Three Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were killed and six were injured on Wednesday after a Maoist ambush on a BSF party near Sukma-Malkangiri border in Chitrakonda, Odisha.
BSF DG DK Pathak will later reach the spot to take stock of the situation.
According to reports, the BSF party was securing an under-construction bridge when they were attacked by the Maoists.
Further details awaited.