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Maoists Encounter: 3 more dead bodies recovered, death toll rises to 27

On Sunday Death Toll Rose To 27 After 3 More Dead Bodies Of Maoists Were Recovered By Andhra Pradesh & Odisha Police.

PTI | Updated on: 25 Oct 2016, 12:49:18 PM
Malkangiri Maoists Encounter

Malkangiri :

At least 27 Maoists, including their top leaders, were gunned down in a fierce gun-battle with security forces in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on the border with Andhra Pradesh, giving a major blow to CPI(Maoists).

A senior commando of the elite anti-Naxal force, Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh was also killed, while another commando was injured in the encounter that took place in the cut-off area of remote Chitrakonda on Andhra-Odisha border, Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said.

“On Monday, the bodies of 24 Maoists, including that of some women, were recovered from the site after the joint operation conducted by the Odisha police and Greyhounds, while a few of the rebels are suspected to have fled,” the SP said.

On Sunday death toll rose to 27 after 3 more dead bodies of Maoists were recovered by Andhra Pradesh & Odisha police.

Some high-ranking Maoist leaders, including Uday and Chalapati who carried heavy rewards on their heads, were suspected to be among those killed in the encounter that took place in a mountainous forest area between Bejing and Muchiputam under Panasput grampanchyat, the police said.

Meanwhile, arrangements are being made to airlift the bodies of the slain Maoists to Malkangiri, the SP said adding that combing operation was also intensified in the forest in Andhra-Odisha border areas to locate bodies, if any, and the fleeing Maoists.

Noting that the encounter site was located in a highly remote area which is accessible by road only through Andhra Pradesh, he said the bodies are to be airlifted by helicopter to Malkangiri.

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First Published : 25 Oct 2016, 12:43:00 PM

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