Hyderabad: In the main anti-naxal operation, six Maoists, including four women, were shot in forest areas along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border below the Kishtaram police station on Monday morning.
The police said the meeting took place in the Pesallapadu area in the Sukma District, close to the Telangana border, around 7 in the morning.
Some Maois fled after the exchange of fire, added the police.
Six Maois Slain has not been identified.
Police Kothagudud said the deceased, which belonged to Chhattisgarh, was a member of armed.
Greyhound, the strength of the anti-naxal telangana command, police CRPF and Chhattisgarh were involved in the meeting.
The fire exchange appeared after the murder of the former Sarpanch Korasa Ramesh from the Muluugu District by Maois in the Bijapur Chhattisgarh district on December 21 after noting it as a ‘police informant’.
The police won five weapons from Maois based on specific information, we performed preliminary operations.
After Maois opened fire, our troops returned fire.
The meeting occurred deep in the forest.
We learned that there was a meeting of around 40-50 Maois, “said Bhadradri Kothagudem SP Sunil Dutt to Ti.
Maoist’s body has been taken to the regional government hospital for post-mortem examination.
The police also recover five weapons (two .303 rifles, three weapons barrels Double) and four rocket launchers belonging to Maois.
All areas of the dissemination to check whether Maois lags behind explosives, police said.
Security forces have combed the area for the past few days after Maois attacked a police officer using an exposed explosive device.