Cop injured in encounter with Naxals in Maharashtra

By PTI

MUMBAI: A police constable suffered critical accidents in an encounter with Naxals in Maharashtra’s insurgency-hit Gadchiroli district on Tuesday, a senior official stated.

The skirmish occurred close to Dodraj forest in Bhamragad, situated over 900 km from the state capital Mumbai, when a workforce of C-60 commandos, a specialised fight unit of the Gadchiroli police, was patrolling within the space, he stated.

The ultras, who had gathered within the forest, opened hearth on the police patrolling workforce, following which the safety personnel retaliated.

After the alternate of fireside for a while, Naxals fled into the forest, the official stated. A police constable was critically injured within the face-off and rushed to a hospital, he stated. A search was on within the Bhamragad forest, he added.

In November final 12 months, 26 Naxals, together with senior cadre Milind Teltumbde, have been killed in a fierce encounter with the C-60 commandos in Gadchiroli.