BHUBANESWAR (TIP): A joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) and the police shot dead at least 14 Naxals during a joint operation along Odisha-Chhattisgarh borders near Malkangiri district on September 13 night. This is being dubbed the biggest Naxals casualty in Odisha so far. The police have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunitions during the operation. Earlier on August 23, dreaded Naxal leader Madhav alias Golla Ramullu, who carried Rs. 4 lakh reward on his head, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Odisha’s Malkangiri district. Madhav was involved in many incidents of murder including the killing of 38 security personnel in Chitrakonda reservoir, extortion and land mine blasts.
14 Naxals killed near Odisha-Chhattisgarh border
