<p>Hyderabad: At least seven Maoists were killed in an intense exchange of fire with security personnel in the Chalpaka forest area of Eturu Nagaram, in Mulugu district of Telangana on Sunday.</p><p>The Telangana Greyhounds and the Anti-Maoist Squad conducted the joint operation that resulted in the deaths of the seven Maoists due to heavy firing. Mulugu Superintendent of Police P Shabarish said the identity of the Maoists are yet to be established. However, sources within the police department said that the majority of the seven Maoists killed were Chhattisgarh natives.</p><p>The incident occurred during a combing operation in the forest area of Eturnagaram between Greyhounds, an elite anti-Naxal force of Telangana Police and the ultras, police said.</p>.Maoist killed in encounter with Jharkhand police.<p>Sources further said the Maoists who were killed include Kursam Mangu alias Bhadru - a 35-year-old native of Cheramangi in the Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Bhadru is the Secretary of Telangana State Committee (Yellandu Narsampet) of the banned CPI (Maoist). Others captured include Egolapu Mallaiah - a 43-year-old resident of Peddapalli District in Telangana, 22-year-old Mussaki Deval from the Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh, Mussaki Jamuna from the Porrowada village of Bairamgarh.</p><p>There was also Jaisingh, 25, from the Indravathi area; Kishore, 22, from Pompad village in the Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh and Kamesh, 23, of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.</p><p>"Seven Maoists were killed in the exchange of fire", a senior police official said, adding two AK 47 rifles were among the weapons seized from the scene.</p><p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>
<p>Hyderabad: At least seven Maoists were killed in an intense exchange of fire with security personnel in the Chalpaka forest area of Eturu Nagaram, in Mulugu district of Telangana on Sunday.</p><p>The Telangana Greyhounds and the Anti-Maoist Squad conducted the joint operation that resulted in the deaths of the seven Maoists due to heavy firing. Mulugu Superintendent of Police P Shabarish said the identity of the Maoists are yet to be established. However, sources within the police department said that the majority of the seven Maoists killed were Chhattisgarh natives.</p><p>The incident occurred during a combing operation in the forest area of Eturnagaram between Greyhounds, an elite anti-Naxal force of Telangana Police and the ultras, police said.</p>.Maoist killed in encounter with Jharkhand police.<p>Sources further said the Maoists who were killed include Kursam Mangu alias Bhadru - a 35-year-old native of Cheramangi in the Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Bhadru is the Secretary of Telangana State Committee (Yellandu Narsampet) of the banned CPI (Maoist). Others captured include Egolapu Mallaiah - a 43-year-old resident of Peddapalli District in Telangana, 22-year-old Mussaki Deval from the Bijapur District in Chhattisgarh, Mussaki Jamuna from the Porrowada village of Bairamgarh.</p><p>There was also Jaisingh, 25, from the Indravathi area; Kishore, 22, from Pompad village in the Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh and Kamesh, 23, of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.</p><p>"Seven Maoists were killed in the exchange of fire", a senior police official said, adding two AK 47 rifles were among the weapons seized from the scene.</p><p><em>(With PTI inputs)</em></p>