in Malkangiri district, Odisha : On Thursday morning, around two Maoists were killed in Panasput area during a joint combing operation by the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh police and Special Operation Group and District Voluntary Force of Odisha police in Panasput jungle in Malkangiri district, Odisha.
After this, the total number of Red radicals killed in police encounter since Monday has gone up to 30.
SP Mr. Sharma said that no Maoist leader has been captured today. The two Maoists killed in the encounter included a woman.
The police seized two guns from the encounter site.
Visakhapatna SP Mr Sharma is currently in Malkangiri. Mr Sharma along with the local SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra is supervising the combing operation since Monday.
On Wednesday, the police had returned bodies of 7 Maoists to their family members after the post mortem. Among others the bodies of the slain rebels handed over to their family members included that of Munna, son of Maoist Central Committee member Ramakrishna alias RK. The wife of RK – Sirisha received the body of Munna.
As per the reports said that family members of the other deceased whose bodies are lying in the district hospital mortuary have arrived in Malkangiri. The dead bodies of the other Maoists will be handed over after completion of all formalities.
