Three Top Maoists Killed In Encounter With Police In Andhra

Three top leaders of CPI(Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday.

The exchange of fire between the personnel of the elite anti-Maoist force Greyhounds and Maoists occurred in the Devipatnam forest area on the Andhra-Odisha border.

The Greyhounds personnel, engaged in a combing operation in the forests, spotted the Maoists and asked them to surrender. When the Maoists opened fire, the security personnel retaliated, killing the three Maoists. The encounter occurred near Kondamodalu in the forests between Rampachodavaram and Maredumilli mandals.