CLC president Prof. Gaddam Laxman and general secretary N Narayana Rao speaking to the media, .wanted the Centre to withdraw its ‘Operation Kagar’ launched to eliminate Maoists.
With reference to the killing of Maoist cadre Neelso alias Banti Radha by Maoists, Kothagudem SP B Rohith Raju said she was found to have been working as an area committee member of the AOB special zonal committee.
Radha's body was said to have been abandoned in a forest area on Telangana-Chhattisgarh borders at Chennapuram in Cherla mandal in Kothagudem district.
CPI (Maoist) Sabari dalam member Vetti Laxmaiah alias Kallu of Cherla mandal in Kothagudem district and Chhattisgarh’s Gollapalli LOS member Mallam Deva of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh State surrendered to police, CRPF 141 Bn and 81 Bn here on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police B Rohith Raju informed that naxals, Pottam Raju and OyamPandu of Chhattisgarh, Punem Chukki of Mulugu district and sympathiser Shyamala Mukesh of Dameratogu were caught during a combing operation in the forest area.
The heavy exchange of fire broke out in the afternoon between C60 commandos and Naxals in Wandoli village and continued for six hours, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Nilotpal said.
A colour printer, one black and white printer and one power inverter, 200 bottles of ink and bundles of fake currency of 50, 100, 200 and 500 denominations, four printer cartridges, nine printer rollers and a gun were found.
The villagers initially ran helter-skelter but gathered again tom notice that Sunitha sustained deep injuries on left leg and they made a makeshift stretcher and carried her for nearly 25 kms to bring to Mallapuram village near Palam project.
In a statement here on Thursday, CPI (Maoist) party Wazedu-Venkatapuram Area Committee secretary Shanta extended condolences to the family members of the deceased.