14 Naxal rebels killed in India
Xinhua,April 22, 2018 Adjust font size:
NEW DELHI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 armed rebels, popularly called Naxals, were killed in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra on Sunday, a senior district official said.
The operation against the rebels, which started at around 9:30 a.m. local time, was carried out by the Maharashtra Police in the Gadchiroli district's Bhamragarh area.
According to Shekhar Singh, district magistrate of Gadchiroli, the search and combing operation is still on in the area where the operation against the left-wing rebels was launched.
"A few of the policemen who carried out the operation received injuries, but there are no deaths (of cops)," added Singh.
"The process of pulling out the dead bodies of the Naxals from the forested area is on, and the final number of the dead would be known once the search and combing operation is finished."
The rebels say they are fighting for land rights for tribal people and the rural poor. The insurgency began in the eastern state of West Bengal in late 1960s. Enditem