6 Maoists killed in encounter in Telangana, 2 commandos injured

Six cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist), including two women, were killed in an exchange of fire between the ultras and police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana on Thursday, police said.

Two commandos of the Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal force of Telangana Police, were also injured in the exchange of fire and were shifted to a hospital, they said.

The incident happened in a forest area under Karakagudem police station limits of the district, a senior police official told PTI.

Based on inputs that a Maoists team crossed over to Telangana from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, special police parties took up combing in the area when the incident happened, he said.

Bodies of the six Maoists were recovered from the spot and their identification was being done, police said.

The dead included a senior cadre of the Maoists, he said, based on preliminary investigation.

Police seized six weapons -- two AK47s, SLRs and others from the spot.