INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mumbai: At least 13 Naxals consisting of 7 females cadres were eliminated in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra
early on Friday, authorities said.The killed ultras came from Kasunsur Dalam (team) of the Naxals, authorities said
The encounter happened on a day the state house minister was checking out the eastern Maharashtra district, over 900 km from Mumbai
A release by Gadchiroli Authorities said they had actually received inputs that Naxals had actually gathered in the Paidi forest area in
Etapalli tehsil for extortion as auctions of Tendu leaves-- used for making bidis or leaf cigarettes-- were underway, thus a group of C-60
commandos, a special battle force of the district cops, was sent out to the area.The encounter happened between 6 am to 7.30 am as about 60
to 70 Naxals opened fire on C-60 commandos and kept shooting despite an attract them to surrender, it added.After the Naxals fled into the
thick forest, the bodies of six male and seven female cadres were discovered, while some more Naxals were potentially injured in the
encounter however handled to escape, the police stated
One AK-47 rifle, an SLR, a carbine, a
303 rifle and dynamites were recovered from the spot.Ankit Goyal, Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli stated at a press conference that the
encounter was a tribute to the 15 police workers killed in an ambush in the district in 2019
As numerous as 27 Naxals have been eliminated in the district considering that September 2020, he added.Maharashtra House Minister Dilip
Walse Patil, who was on his very first see to Gadchiroli after taking control of the house portfolio following the resignation of Anil
Deshmukh, praised the authorities for the operation
Naxals are attempting to weaken our democracy
I am proud that police officers and workers are fighting them competently, he informed press reporters.
