DSMD team personnel of anti-naxal forces participated in road inspection with metal detector in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu
Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Monday (October 21, 2024), police said.
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The shootout, in which commandos of the C-60 special forces unit played a leading role, took place in a forest in Bhamragadh taluka in eastern Maharashtra state and took place just one month before the Assembly elections.
A statement issued by the office of the Gadchiroli SP said that due to the November 20 elections, a group of Naxalites had gathered in the forest on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border two days ago and were planning an attack.
About 22 teams of C-60 Commandos and two teams of CRPF under the guidance of senior officers have started the anti-Naxal operation, the release said.
As soon as they reached the area, they were confronted by Naxal gunmen. The guards immediately retaliated and during the exchange of fire, five Maoists were killed, the release said.
Published – October 22, 2024 08:04 am IST
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