BHUBANESHWAR: At least 18 alleged Maoists were killed by early Monday morning in a joint operation in Malkangiri carried out by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha police. One constable was injured said a senior police officials. “The area where the hour long encounter took place is a cut off area in Chitrakonda, Malkangiri. Some agency reports claime 21 Maoists had died. And that two policemen of Greyhounds, the anti-Moists force in AP, were injured and have been shifted to the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam

Source: Economic Times October 24, 2016 06:19 UTC