A commando of the Maharashtra police’s elite C-60 unit was killed, while another commando was injured, in an anti-Maoist combing operation currently underway along the inter-district border of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli and Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur, a police official announced to the press today.
The combing operation was launched on Tuesday based on intelligence inputs about the presence of CPI (Maoist) company-10 cadres in the Abujhmad area. During the operation the security personnel encountered a squad of persons believed to be Maoists and an exchange of fire ensued, according to the police official.
The deceased C-60 commando was injured during the skirmish and was airlifted to a government health facility at Bhamragad on Friday morning. He died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, the police official declared in his report.
Another commando also sustained bullet injuries and was airlifted to Bhamragad. He was said to be out of danger and would be airlifted to Gadchiroli, the police official stated in his remarks to the press.
The combing operation is still ongoing, the police official said in conclusion.
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