26 Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district
Naxals killed in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district
Twenty-six Naxalswere killed in an encounter with the Maharashtra police in the Gyarapatti forest of Korchi Tehsil in Gadchiroli district, Gadchiroli superintendent of police Ankit Goyal said.
C-60 unit of the anti-Naxal operation of Gadchiroli police has killed 26 Naxalsin an encounter in Gyarapatti forest of Korchi Tehsil on Saturday, police said.
"Police had received secret information that there was a camp of Naxalsin the Gyarapatti-Kodagul forest of Korchi, on the basis of this, the C-60 unit of Gadchiroli police started the search operation in Gyarapatti-Kodagul forest from 6 am on Saturday morning," GadchiroliSP Ankit Goyal said.
The bodies of 26 Naxalshave been recovered, whose identification is on, he added.
Along with the 26 bodies, the police also recovered a large amount of Naxal literature and weapons.
Four jawans of the C-60 unit were injured in the encounter that lasted for about eight hours. The jawans wereairlifted to Nagpur and are undergoing treatment at Orange City Hospital in Nagpur.
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