C-60 jawan, three Maoists killed in Abujhmad anti-naxal operation

Three Maoists and a Maharashtra C-60 commando were killed during an ongoing anti-naxal operation along the Gadchiroli and Narayanpur border. Another commando was injured. Security forces recovered weapons, while operations continue in the region.

Kothagudem: Three Maoists and a commando of the Maharashtra police’s elite C-60 unit were killed, while another commando was injured, in an anti-naxal operation underway along the Maharashtra Gadchiroli and Chhattisgarh Narayanpur district borders.

The operation was launched on Tuesday following information about the presence of CPI (Maoist) company-10 cadres in the Abujhmad area under the limits of the Maharashtra Bhamragad police sub-division.

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The body of a Maoist, along with an AK-47 rifle and a self-loading rifle (SLR), was recovered on Thursday, and two bodies of Maoists, including that of a woman, were recovered on Friday. The identity of the killed Maoists was yet to be ascertained.

The deceased C-60 commando Deepak Chinna Madavi (38) was injured during the anti-naxal operation and was airlifted to a government health facility at Bhamragad on Friday morning. He died while being treated at the hospital.

Another commando, Joga Madavi, suffered bullet injuries at night and was also airlifted to Bhamragad. He was said to be out of danger and would be airlifted to Gadchiroli. The operation is still going on, police said.

Meanwhile, in Chhattisgarh’s south Bijapur area, a Maoist was killed in an exchange of fire between the security forces and Maoists on Thursday. His body was recovered along with an AK-47 rifle.