Nagpur: A number of Maoists armed in a lower ranking struggling to death on Saturday, trying in vain to protect members of the Central Committee (CC) Milind Teltumde, who brought RS50 Lakh’s prize and had more than 63 violations of it.
Their last stand in the Mardintola forest in Dhanora’s subdivision, near the border of Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh, also helped several other top cadres escape.
Teltumde, responsible for the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh zone, is between 26 Maoists who were killed.
Among the dead, six are women including Vimla aka Imla, which is Teltumde’s bodyguard.
Another of his bodyguard, Bhagatsingh, was also found dead.
Intermittent blackouts, including heavy shooting unprecedented from both sides at times, lasted for almost 10 hours, it was studied.
Four Jawan C60 was injured at the meeting, now their condition was studied to be stable.
On Sunday, SP Ankit Goyal confirmed Teltumde’s death after he was identified in accordance with the police standard operating procedure (SOP) by Maoist who surrendered at the police headquarters.
“We have told Teltumde’s wife (Angela Sontakey) about her death, but she hasn’t won to take the body,” said Goyal.
About 29 weapons, including five AK-47, one AKM with a barrel grenade launcher, three instinctball rifles, and one pistol confiscated from the meeting site with C60.
Explosives and daily use materials are also confiscated.
Also, on Sunday, Chhattisgarh police launched an operation on the border side in the region.
Sources from the District Police said Top cadres such as members of the Sukhpal Division Committee and Dandakyarya Special Zonal Committee members Prabhakar also may attend the location of the meeting, but managed to sneak in the midst of a heavy shooting.
Teltumde, who survived several meetings narrowly, ran out of luck this time and cornered.
The source said the C60, who started the operation a day ago, has encircled the Hillock and forested region in several layers, and puts the airbade to connect the outgoing route.
While the field of hilly and rocky from wooded stretches helps leaders and cadres over fled even though there are rain bullets, Teltumde is trapped on the hill.
The source said the C60 command was initially stunned by an unknown serious shooting style of Maois, which was known to be very economical with ammunition.
“The experienced C-60 command feels something different in the shooting volume, and realizes the rebels seems to protect someone who is very important.
The troops do not have information about the presence of Teltumde, but the way in which Maois aggressively shoots makes it a possibility,” said a source .
The C-60 command is led by additional SP, operations, Somay Munde, SP Ankit Goyal, praising the efforts of young IPS officers.
Further sources said Teltumde was protected by a group of young cadres from Chhattisgarh, who had not yet been identified.
“Even though they knew the end they were near, the group was fighting until the last breath to protect Teltumde.
Nearly 80-90% of Maoists who were neutralized put their lives for teltumde instead of escaping,” the source said.
He added a small group to make the C60 command a long guess about the next step.
“Even after shooting reduced from Maois side, and finally their weapons fell silent, the C60 command must be very careful,” said the source.
Kasansoor Commander Sunnu (RS8 Lakh Prize), member of the Mahesh Gota Division Committee (RS16 Prize in his head), DVC and four Lokesh Commander Companies (RS20 Lakh Prize) and Korchi in the Kisan Commander (RS8 Lakh Prize) are among other key cadres neutralized.
The body and materials confiscated from Maois who were killed were transported to Kotgul by C60 Jawan on foot, walking through the forest for almost 10 km.