Maoist with Rs 4 lakh reward on his head killed in encounter

A Maoist with Rs 4 lakh cash reward on his on his head was killed in an encounter by police in Malkangiri district on Wednesday night.

Officials in Malkangiri Police department said, the exchange of fire took place last night in the forest area near Madkapadar village after the Maoists opened fire at police. Soon after the Maoists retreated, police found the body of Erra Madkami alias Sundhi Dalai, a local area committee member in Gumma area of Malkangiri as well as member of the Andhra Orissa Border of Special Zonal Committee of Maoists.

Police also recovered a sten gun, two rifles, some ammunition, kit bags and Maoist literature at the site.

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Early this month, the Koraput and Malkangiri Police in a joint raid had destroyed a Maoist camp inside a forest at Majhiguda under Boipariguda police station of Koraput district. Police sources said the Maoist group involved in the encounter on Wednesday night was the same that they had engaged earlier this month.

At the Boipariguda camp, police seized an SLR rifle and a pistol.