Grenade event in Maharashtra, Korchi Tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District area, India on Sat 13th November 2021

Police recover a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the forest of Mardintola in Gyarapatti area in Korchi Tehsil (revenue unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra following an encounter in which 26 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed on November 13, reports rediff.com. Police recovered bodies of 26 Maoists, which included 20 men and six women from the encounter site. The huge cache of arms and ammunition, include five AK-47 rifles, one Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy (AKM) assault rifle, one Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), nine Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), three .303 rifles, nine 2.2 single bore, one INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifle, one pistol and explosives was also recovered. Few slain Maoists who were identified include top Maoist leader Milind Baburao Teltumbde aka Deepak Teltumbde aka Sahyadri aka Jeeva, a ‘central committee’ member and ‘secretary’ of the CPI-Maoist ‘Maharashtra State Committee’, carrying a reward of INR five million on his head, Lokesh aka Mangu Madkam, ‘Divisional Committee Member’ (DCM), carrying reward of INR two million on his head; Mahesh Gota, ‘DCM’, carrying a reward of INR 1.6 million; ‘commanders’ Kishan Jaiman and Sannu Kowachi, each carrying a reward of INR 800,000. Among the women Maoists killed in the encounter was Vimla aka Manso Boga, who was the bodyguard of Milind Teltumbde, carrying a reward of INR 400,000 on her head. The encounter started in the early hours of November 13, when a C-60 team was conducting a search operation based on specific intelligence that Maoists from ‘company no. 4’, Tipagad Local Organising Squad (LOS), Korchi LOS, Vistaar ‘Platoon’, ‘central committee’ member Milind Teltumbde's Guard and other Dalams (armed squads) were present in large numbers in the Mardintola forest. The commandos were fired upon by the Maoists and retaliated in which 26 Maoists were killed and four SF personnel were injured.