Two Police Commandos Killed During Anti-Naxal Operations In Maharashtra

23 march,Mumbai

Two police commandos were killed while another was injured in a gunbattle with Naxalites in the forests of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra .

The incident occurred late last evening near village Tikameda of the naxal affected district located on the border of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

Inspector General, Anti-Naxal operations Ravindra Kadam said, the encounter happened when the joint security forces, including the special C-60 commandos of state police, were out for an anti-Naxal operations along the border area of the two states.

A senior police officer said, the injured has been rushed to a hospital at Gadchiroli district headquarters and the encounter has ended. Police suspect that two Naxals have also been killed in the gunbattle.