Five Naxals killed in encounter in Gadchiroli

Gadchiroli, Mar 29: In Maharashtra, five Naxals including two women were killed in an encounter with Gadchiroli police in the Khobramendha forest area in Gadchiroli district on Monday morning. Gadchiroli police achieved this great success in the anti-Naxal operation which was going on for the last three days.

 

"Five Naxals killed in an encounter with police in Khobramendha forest area of Kurkheda in Gadchiroli district," said Sandip Patil, DIG, Naxal Range. He confirmed that 5 Naxal were encountered in this operation out of which 3 are male and others are female.

The operation had taken place since Saturday by the Gadchiroli police and exchanged fire with the Naxals. According to the reports, three pressure cooker bombs were among the items recovered by the police after the Naxals fled. On Monday, the security forces once again tried to locate the Naxals and ran into a group of 25 Naxals at around 7.30 am.

 

 

The Naxalites belonged to Tipagad Dalam and Company 4 formation comprising about 25 persons.”

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