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The Maoists suddenly opened fire on the C-60 commandos in the morning, who retaliated with effective counter-action. Read further on Dynamite News:
Maoists killed in Gadchiroli (Source: Internet)
Kanker/Mumbai: Four Maoists were killed in an encounter between the police and Maoists in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli on Friday.
The security forces recovered the bodies of the four Maoists along with arms and ammunition. The search operation is underway in the area.
Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ankit Goyal confirmed the incident, stating that the exact details of the Maoist casualties would be known only after all the jawans return.
After the encounter, the security forces recovered four bodies along with one self-loading rifle, two 303 rifles, one muzzle-loading gun, walkie-talkie, and camping material.
The Maoists suddenly opened fire on the C-60 commandos in the morning, who retaliated with effective counter-action.
The Gadchiroli police stated that the operation was launched after specific information was received about the presence of Maoists near the recently opened Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kawande, near the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border.
Under the leadership of Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramesh, 12 teams of C-60 commandos (around 300 personnel) and a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a search operation from Kawande and Nelgunda towards the Indravati River on Thursday afternoon, despite heavy rain.
Recently security forces are continuously conducting operations against Naxalites in Chhattisgarh. Forces have achieved a historic feat in the encounter in border areas of Narayanpur, Bijapur, Dantewada.
During the operation, bodies of 27 Naxalites including top Naxal leader Basava Raju and a large quantity of weapons have been recovered. It is estimated that several Maoists have been seriously injured during the operation.
DRG jawan was martyred during the encounter, while bravely fighting the Naxalite attack. Several other jawans have been injured during. All the injured people are out of danger and search operation is underway.
In 2018, Basava Raju was given the command of the Naxal organization. Basava Raju's real name is Nambala Keshav Rao. He is also known as Gaganna, Prakash and BR. His father's name is Vasudev Rao and he is quite old. His age is said to be around 75 years. He studied B.Tech and he was a resident of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. Vasava Raju was a dreaded Naxalite. He was a senior cadre of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and was the Chief of the South Bastar Divisional Committee. Raju was active on the borders of Chhattisgarh, Odisha to Andhra Pradesh. On the success of security forces in Chhattisgarh and the killing of 27 Naxalites, PM Modi said that we are proud of our military forces. Our government is committed to eliminating the threat of Maoism and ensuring a peaceful and progressive life for our people.
