Thursday, October 8, 2009

MUMBAI: 18 Cops killed in Naxal Encounter

Yesterday 18 cops was died in an encounter with Naxals in North Eastern Maharashtra
bordering Chhattisgarh. The men were on patrol duty near Laheri village. The firing between the police and the Naxals lasted for three hours. Yesterday In Maharashtra police Over 100 naxalites ambushed an elite police team that was conducting a routine exercise near the outpost bordering Chhattisgarh. All 18 were Commandos of the special anti-Naxal force C 60. Their bodies have been recovered and are on their way to Gadchiroli. Helicopters went there to try and get the bodies out. The BSF and CRPF Jawan has been deployed around of the area. A Naxal group also exchanged fire with a police commando team east of Laheri village on Thursday afternoon. The police comisnor says that additional forces have been sent to the area, but this is heavily-forested terrain, and will be hard to access work in area. When the Collector went to the areato enquire about the incident, he learnt of another gruesome incident in Kurkheda, where the body of a beheaded man, suspected to be a police informer, was found. He, however, said there was no confirmation that it was a murder committed by naxals.
Today’s home Minister P Chidambaram has says for media the Maoists not believe in armed liberation, we have no choice but to ask security forces to them take and engage .

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