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Five naxalites killed in encounters

Staff Reporter

Maoists kill former colleague in Anantapur, another person in Guntur

Hyderabad: Five naxalites were killed by the police in exchange of fire at different places in the State on Monday. While two naxals were killed in the Jogapur forest area in Nalgonda, another was killed near Kothaguda forest area in Warangal. In Karempudi mandal of Guntur district, two Action Team members were killed by a commando team.

According to a report from Nalgonda, a special police party killed two more Communist Party of India (Maoist) activists under Kagaznagar police station limits. This has been the third exchange of fire the police had with an apparently fleeing group of naxalites since Saturday evening, taking the toll to three extremists. One AK 47, one SLR and a pistol were recovered from the site of exchange of fire.

The two killed were Giri Ravinder alias Janardhan alias Suryam (25), a DCM of the Sirpur-Chennur dalam, and Manesh (32), a member of the Ahiri dalam operating in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. Aggila Istari alias Salim, a Maoist action team commander, team leader of the special protection unit of Pulluri Prasada Rao alias Chandranna, a member of the North Telangana Special Zone Committee (NTSZC), was killed on Sunday morning. The site of Monday's encounter is 3 km from where Salim was killed in the earlier exchange of fire.

Naxals holding a meeting

An estimated 30 naxalites belonging to Sirpur-Chennur and Mangi dalams of Adilabad district and other dalams of Chattisgarh and Maharashtra had gathered in these forests apparently for the purpose of conducting a meeting. The presence of extremists from Maharashtra and Chattisgarh was evident from the notes and other documents recovered from the site of Sunday's exchange of fire. It is also being believed in police circles that Chandranna and Adilabad district committee secretary of the Maoists Mylarapu Adellu alias Bhaskar alias Narsanna were among those who escaped.

Ravinder was a resident of Keshanpalli village of Manthani-Mutharam mandal of Karimnagar district.

A report from Warangal said, a group of naxals were camping in the Komatlagudem area where the police were undertaking combing operations. On spotting each other, they exchanged fire. One woman naxal was killed and four to five others managed to escape.

According to a report from Guntur, the district police found two weapons - small pistol and a tapancha - alongside the bodies of the naxals. Five of the seven-member team, however, managed to escape. The Maoists killed one Sunkara Yesu at Gadevaripalle in Karempudi mandal of the district.

Exchange of fire

Anantapur Staff Reporter writes: Maoists shot dead their former colleague near Gantimarri village in Ramagiri mandal of the district on Monday after alleging him to be a covert. The police said Venkatesh (23) was a member of Ramagiri dalam for a few months and had come out of the party earlier this year. He was allegedly taken away by Maoists led by commander of Ramagiri dalam Mallikarjuna from Gantimarri village two days ago.

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