Nagpur, Nov 13 : In a major development, at least 26 Maoists were killed during a fierce encounter with Maharashtra Police in the deep forests near Dhanora in Gadchiroli district, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said.Nagpur, Nov 13, : , A major development was that 26 Maoists were killed in a clash with Maharashtra Police officers in the deep forest near Dhanora, Gadchiroli District, Gadchiroli Superintendent Of Police Ankit Goyal stated. “Around 26 Naxals have been eliminated in the encounter at multiple locations by several security forces in the region.”Around 26 Naxals were eliminated by security forces from the region in an encounter at multiple locations.Three security personnel have also been injured in the cross-firing.Cross-firing also caused injuries to three security personnel.They have been airlifted by helicopter to Nagpur and admitted for treatment at a local hospital,” Goyal told IANS.They were flown by helicopter to Nagpur, where they were treated at a local hospital,” Goyal informed IANS.
The gun-battle which started in the early hours of Saturday in the dense forest of Kolgut-Dandat was continuing till evening with at least 26 fatalities notched among the Maoists, while three security personnel were also hurt, Goyal said.Goyal stated that the gun-battle began in the early hours Saturday morning in Kolgut-Dandat’s dense forest.
It continued until evening, with 26 Maoists dying and three security personnel being injured.
As per initial reports received at the Gadchiroli district headquarters, the encounter was with a Dalam of the banned CPI(Maoist) and commandos of the crack C-60 unit of the Anti Naxal Operations.
Initial reports at Gadchiroli’s district headquarters indicate that the encounter occurred with a Dalam from the banned CPI(Maoist), and commandos from the crack C-60 unit, Anti Naxal Operations.
Now, a massive combing operation has also been undertaken to detect more bodies of the slain extremists with a possibility of the death toll likely to go up in this remote region on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh.
Though the exact identity of the Maoists killed in Saturday’s operations is yet to be established, there is a speculation that a prominent leader of an outlawed organisation is among the slain.Although it is not known who the Maoists were, there is speculation that one of the leaders of an outlawed organization was among those killed.Goyal, however, declined to comment.Goyal declined to comment.
Following a tip-off on Friday that some Maoists were expected to gather and plan out some activities in the region, the security forces launched search and combing operations.Security forces began combing and searching for Maoists after receiving a tip on Friday.
Soon, they came virtually face-to-face with the extremists leading to the fierce jungle gun-battle which continued till Saturday evening.They were soon face-to-face within a short time with extremists, triggering a fierce jungle gun-battle that lasted until Saturday evening.
The latest operation is the biggest success recorded for the security forces who effected a huge toll on the Maoists, the highest in the past 3-4 years.This latest operation was the most successful for security forces, who took a heavy toll on Maoists.
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