An encounter took place between the police and the Naxalites in the Kopri forest of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. A C60 commando team of Gadchiroli police and a CRPF team carried out the operation.
The encounter between the Naxals and police personnel lasted for more than six hours in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. Police have recovered 12 bodies of Naxals from the spot besides seven automotive weapons, including 3 AK-47s, 2 INSAS rifles, a carbine and an SLR.
Superintendent of Police Neelotpal said an AK-47 rifle, a carbine, an INSAS rifle, Naxal literature and items were found at the encounter spot.
Sukhlal Parchaki was carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakhs, according to a senior Home Ministry official.
The C-60 commandos, an elite wing of the police, had recovered bodies of 26 Naxals during a search after the encounter and Teltumbde, one of the wanted accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was suspected to be among the dead.
The encounter took place near Mardintola village in the morning when naxals fired on a search team of the police.
The C-60 unit commandos of Maharashtra Police cracked down upon the Naxals in a camp near a village. Some weapons, substantial literature and other materials of daily need from the place have been recovered.
The probe comes in the backdrop of allegations that security forces killed "innocent villagers" by poisoning their meals.
New Delhi: At least seven Maoists, 5 men and 2 women, were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Nargunda-Bhatpar tribal area of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra this morning.The encounter took
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