SEVEN MAOISTS KILLED IN ANDHRA ENCOUNTER, DAY AFTER DEATH OF TOP COMMANDER

A day after six Maoists were gunned down in an encounter in Maredumilli in Andhra Pradesh, seven more were killed in an exchange of fire in the same region on Wednesday, police said.

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Addressing a press conference in Vijayawada, Mahesh Chandra Laddha, ADGP (Intelligence), said three women were among those killed today.

“In continuation of Tuesday’s operation, seven Maoists were killed (on Wednesday), according to information received from the field,” Laddha said, adding that today’s operation occurred about 7 km from the earlier exchange of fire (EOF) site on Tuesday.

Alluri Sitharama Raju district Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Bardar said the firing occurred between 5 am and 5:45 am near a hill about 7.5 km from Maredumilli Police Station, where security forces, including CRPF units, assisted the local police.

The exact location of the encounter was Gujjumamidi village, a forested area in Maredumilli mandal.