Five Naxals killed in encounter in Gadchiroli
Five Naxals, including two women, were killed in an encounter with Gadchiroli police in the Khobramendha forest area in the Gadchiroli district on Monday morning.
The police had launched a combing operation on Saturday and exchanged shots with the Naxals. Three pressure cooker bombs were among the items recovered by the police after the Naxals fled. On Monday, the security forces regrouped and encountered a group of 25 Naxals at around 7:30 a.m.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Gadchiroli rank) Sandip Patil told The Indian Express: “An encounter between a group of about 25 Naxales and the C60 commandos of the Gadchiroli Police happened on Monday morning around 7: 30 am during an intelligence-based operation, in which three Naxal men and two Naxal women have been killed. Our men had started the operation on Saturday and that day they had two exchanges of fire with the Naxals. The Naxals, however, managed to flee, leaving behind a large material that included a 303 rifle magazine and cartridges, three pressure cooker pumps, a bundle of electrical cables, solar panels, firecracker bombs and a large cache of material and medicines. for daily use. The 10 C60 parties, comprising about 250 men, subsequently withdrew and eight new parties, comprising about 200 men, went into action on Sunday night. The meeting on Monday happened with these new parties ”.
Patil added: “The Naxalites belonged to the Tipagad dalam formation and Company 4 comprising about 25 people.”
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