Vigil has been mounted along the Pranahita river course in Telangana’s Mancherial district following Tuesday’s ‘exchange of fire’ in neighbouring Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra that left four Maoists, including two divisional committee members (DVCM) from Telangana, dead.
The outlawed CPI (Maoist) suffered a blow in north Telangana with the death of its two DVCMs identified as Vargeesh, Secretary of Mangi Indravelli Area Committee and Magtu, Secretary of Sirpur-Chennur Area Committee, in the ‘encounter’ that took place in the early hours of Tuesday in Gadchiroli district.
The two other deceased Maoists were identified as platoon members Kursang Raju and Kudimetta Venkatesh. The four deceased Maoists carried a collective cash reward of ₹36 lakh declared by the Maharashtra government on their heads.
