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The face-off took place in a forest area falling under Tekulapalli mandal of the district around 6.30 am, a senior police official said. pti file photo
In a major encounter, eight Maoists of the notorious Chandra Pullareddy Dalam of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) were killed in an encounter with the Grey Hounds and the Telangana Police.
The encounter took place in the forest of Kamararm and Bodu in Tekulapalli block of Bhadradri-Kothagudem district. The encounter started on Wednesday night and continued till the early hours of Thursday.
Four of the eight deceased Maoists have been identified as Bukhya Narsimha, Sammayya, Naresh and Madhu.
On September 21, two Naxals of the New Democracy group were killed in an encounter in the same block.
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