Maharashtra: Two police commandos killed in Naxal encounter in Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli: Two police commandos were killed while another was injured in a gunbattle with Naxalites in the forests of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Sunday. Representational image. AFP The incident occurred late Sunday evening near village Tikameda of the Maoist violence-affected district located on the border of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh (Kanker district). “Two of our commandos have been killed while one is injured. The troops sustained bullet injuries as they were in a planned operation,” Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Ravindra Kadam said. The encounter happened when the joint security forces, including the special C-60 commandos of state police, were out for an anti-Naxal operations along the border area of the two states. The operations had been on since morning.
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