The deceased were identified as Renuka, a government teacher working at Gunturpally village of Parthagiri village, Sridhar, a businessman, and an employee of his company.
The victim Vikas and Mahesh got themselves drunk at the liquor shop and ended up arguing with each other, following which the liquor shop staff intervened and tried to pacify them.
Police sources said the couple had actually planned to kill themselves as well to prove that they would come back alive but the timely entry of police personnel averted the possible suicide.
Sources said the locals alerted the police after raising suspicion over the suitcase. The Rajendranagar police who reached the spot immediately opened it and found the body.
The deceased have been identified as Satyanarayana, Vijayalakshmi, Kanakamahalakshmi, and Chinnababu, while the injured has been identified as Sandeep. All of them are residents of Eluru in West Godavari district.
The gunfight broke out on Tuesday evening after a joint team of the army and police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of a specific information about the presence of terrorists.
a member of Maoist area committee and military plot in-charge Kishore died in the firing and a rifle was rcovered from the spot, while another Maoist had surrendered, informed police