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Nagpur (Maharashtra): At least four policemen and three Maoists, including a woman, were
killed Thursday in fierce gun battles in two locations in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said.
First gunfight took place near Nargonda village. The fight started
when rebels ambushed a police team Thursday morning, an official
of the Anti-Naxal Squad said here.
Two Maoists were killed when police returned fire, he said.
One policeman of the C-60 battalion, Chinna Vetta, was killed
while two others - Sadhu Palli and Shankar Govase - were seriously
injured, he said.
In the other gun battle in the same district, two officers, a
police man and a rebel were killed near Tadgaon village, the
official said.
The identities of the security personnel killed in the second
gunfight were not immediately available.
According to the official, both the gun battles started around 9
p.m. and were still going on.
State Home Minister R.R. Patil, who rushed to Gadchiroli, told
reporters in the afternoon that the police have recovered the
bodies of two Maoists gunned down in the fight.
"The Maoists attacked the police patrols in the forests. We have
recovered bodies of two Maoists and at least another eight are
reported to be injured. Our operations are continuing," said Patil,
who is the guardian minister of the district.
Officials said that one of the Maoists is a woman whose body has
been recovered.
Meanwhile, the district authorities have summoned additional
forces from the neighbouring Chandrapur district.
A helicopter is also being used to pinpoint the rebel locations,
an official said. Gadchiroli is one of the worst Maoist-affected
districts in the state.
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