Gadchiroli encounter: At least four Naxalites were killed in a police encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Monday (October 21), an official said. The encounter took place in the Kopri forest of Bhamragarh tehsil in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, near the Chhattisgarh border. The officer said that the C60 commando team of Gadchiroli Police and the CRPF team conducted the operation. Anti-Naxal police teams are engaged in the operation and initial reports suggest that four Naxalites have been killed, while one policeman has been injured.
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Intelligence agencies had alerted the police about the presence of Naxalites in the area, after which the police took action. Kopri is the last forested area of Bhamragarh. On the basis of this intelligence, a police operation was conducted in the forest. To intensify the operation, the special anti-Naxal force C60 police squad has been strengthened with 60 personnel.
Naxalite couple surrendered
Earlier, a Naxal couple carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh had surrendered in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. The police officer identified them as Asin Rajaram Kumar (37) alias Anil and his wife Anju Sulya Jale (28) alias Sonia.
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Asin Rajaram Kumar was an ‘area committee member’ of the Maoist press team in Odisha. The officer said he was a resident of Narwana in Haryana and was living in an area near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh with fake identity. Jale, a resident of Gadchiroli, was also part of the same press team in the eastern state and was living in Himachal Pradesh. He surrendered before Gadchiroli police and CRPF officials, the officer said.
