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.
The other three escaped unhurt. Police defuse landmine Meanwhile, a police team defused a landmine planted by the Maoists near Chelimela village under Venkatapuram police station limits in the district.
According to the police the deceased, Joga Madvi and Hanga Madvi of Chutwahi village under the limits of Tarrem police station in the district, were brothers.
In a statement released to the media he alleged that the anti-naxal operation carried out by Telangana’s Greyhounds and Bijapur police was a result of information given by a ‘traitor’.
While Inspector General of Police, Gadchiroli, Ankit Goel coordinated the meeting, Ramagundam Police Commissioner M Srinivasulu presided over the meeting.
Ramagundam Commissioner of Police M Srinivasulu told 'Telangana Today' that three companies comprising around 60 policemen were deployed on the borders of Telangana to bar the Maoists from entering Mancherial district in search of shelter.