War Against Maoists In India

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Pioneer.com
Omer Farooq | Hyderabad 
The outlawed CPI-Maoist on Tuesday suffered yet another major blow in Andhra Pradesh when the police killed eight ultras, including two senior leaders, in an encounter in Mahbubnagar district on Tuesday.

Confirming this, the Mahbubnagar district superintendent of police, K Srinivas Reddy, said that the ultras were killed in an encounter near Mallayyapenta hamlet in Amrabad on Tuesday.

While a State-level leader Sambasivdu managed to escape with several others, the Achampeta squad commander Mahesh and deputy commander Swapna were killed.

Of the remaining six, the police identified four as Suguna, Padma, Indra and Puspha. Police were trying to find out whether the two unidentified bodies include any top leader.

Reddy said that the anti-Maoist Greyhound force raided the forest area following a tip-off about a meeting in the area. The force had also learnt about the presence of some State-level leaders in the meeting.

However, the exchange of fire was continuing till reports last came in. Police have seized six weapons of the Maoists, Reddy said.

Though several top leaders of the Maoists have been killed in the recent weeks, this is the biggest encounter in terms of the loss of life for the Maoists.

Mahbubnagar district is in the same Nallamalla forest area where the CPI- Maoist has suffered some severe setbacks in the recent past.

Police had killed a central committee member M Ravi Kumar in Prakasham district and the Nallamalla platoon commander in Guntur district in the same region. The Khammam district secretary, Jagdish, was also killed last week while the AP-Orissa border committee secretary Sudhakar escaped narrowly.

With the latest incident, the number of Maoists killed by police this year has risen to 77. 
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