 | Posted late Sunday, moved to Monday. AoS. |
In a big jolt to the Maoist movement in Andhra Pradesh, police gunned down the topmost guerrilla leader in the state in a gun battle Sunday. Madhav, state committee secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of India -Maoist (CPI-Maoist), and seven other rebels were killed by commandos of Greyhounds, the elite anti-Maoist police force, in Nallamalla forests in Prakasam district, about 250 km from here.
This is the first time in over three decades of Maoist insurgency in the state that their top leader was gunned down by police.
Fearing retaliation by the guerrillas, police have sounded a red alert all over the state, and ministers, legislators and other politicians have been advised to take all precautions for their safety. |