Telangana’s anti-naxal forces Greyhounds and Bijapur police jointly conducted an anti-Naxal operation,
Published Date – 6 April 2024, 05:45 PM
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Kothagudem: Three Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with police forces on Telangana and Chhattisgarh State borders on Saturday.
Telangana’s anti-naxal forces Greyhounds and Bijapur police jointly conducted an anti-Naxal operation. The encounter took place in Karriguta forests of Pujari Kanker area under Usur police station limits.
Dead bodies of three naxals, killed in the encounter, were recovered. Several weapons, including one LMG, AK- 47 and ammunition also recovered from the spot, Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav told the media.
It was said that police identified one of the dead naxals as the Maoist divisional committee member (DVCM), the PLGA’s Central Regional Command (CRC) battalion-2 commander, Anne Santhosh alias Sagar.
Santosh hails from Ankushapur in Kataram mandal Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in Telangana.
