Seven Maoists, together with a key chief of the outlawed group with a Rs 20 lakh bounty on his head, have been killed in an trade of fireside with the police in Mulugu district of Telangana on Sunday morning, police mentioned.
Amongst these killed was Kursam Mangu alias Bhadru, a Telangana state committee member and the Yellandu-Narsampet space committee secretary of the banned CPI (Maoist), together with a lady cadre, they mentioned, including that six of the seven slain Maoists have been natives of Chhattisgarh.
The trade of fireside came about throughout a combing operation within the Chalpaka forest space of Eturnagaram mandal, involving Greyhounds, an elite anti-Naxal power of Telangana Police, and the Maoists. The operation was ongoing on the time.
“Seven Maoists, together with a key chief, have been killed within the trade of fireside,” Mulugu District Superintendent of Police Shabarish P instructed PTI, including that two AK-47 rifles have been among the many weapons seized from the scene.
The armed CPI(Maoist) cadres started firing indiscriminately on the police personnel regardless of being requested to give up. The police additionally returned hearth in self-defence, he mentioned.
After the encounter, police discovered seven useless our bodies whereas the remaining ultras bought away.
The Maoists have been implicated within the killings of two males in a village in Mulugu district final month, on suspicion of being police informers.
Further DGP (Regulation & Order) Mahesh M Bhagwat praised the police groups for the operation and urged the remaining Maoist cadres to hitch the mainstream.
