14 Naxals Killed in 'Encounter' in This State

July 06, 2019:

A team of C-60 commandos, a specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police, carried out the operation.

Fourteen suspected far-left radical communists, also known as Naxals, were killed in one of the ‘biggest encounters’ in recent times with the police in Maharashtra on Sunday, a senior official said.

He said a team of C-60 commandos, a specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police, carried out the operation in Gadchiroli district.

“Fourteen Naxals were killed in the encounter. Combing operations are still on,” Sharad Shelar, Inspector General of Police, said

He said the combing operation, which started Sunday morning, was currently underway at Tadgaon forest in Bhamragad, around 750 kilometres from here.

The official said that two district-level “commanders”of the proscribed outfit, identified as Sainath & Sainyu, were among those killed in the encounter

Director General of Police Satish Mathur congratulated the C-60 team which participated in the encounter. “This is a major operation against Naxals in recent times,” Mathur told this news agency.

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