Raipur: Three policemen were today killed when their motorcycle collided head-on with an anti-landmine vehicle which was on a night patrol in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.

The accident occurred at around 3 AM near collectorate office under Bijapur Police Station limits in which three assistant constables died, Bijapur Additional Superintendentof Police Indira Kalyan Elesela said. The deceased were identified as Modiyam Lakeshwar (28), Koram Satyam (21) and Mahadev Gota (32), natives of Bijapur.