Maharashtra: Five Maoists Gunned Down by Security Forces

Five Maoists, including two women, were gunned down in an exchange of fire with police in Khobramendha jungle under Kurkheda tehsil in Gadchiroli district, bordering Chhattisgarh, approximately 350km from Nagpur on Monday morning.

Deputy inspector general police, Gadchiroli range, Sandip Patil said that the Kurkheda police station had received information about the presence of several suspected Maoists in the jungle for a training camp. Based on the information, a group of C-60 jawans, an elite anti-Naxalite squad, conducted an operation in the area and.

The police have intensified the anti-Maoist operations in the area after the incident.