Representational Image Representational ImageTwenty-one Maoists were gunned down in an exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in Malkangiri forest area on the AP-Odisha border in the wee hours on Monday, a top police official said. Police suspect that a top Maoist leader and son of another high ranking cadre might be among those killed in the encounter. WATCH VIDEO | 18 Maoists Killed In Encounter In OdishaAP Director General of Police, Nanduri Sambasiva Rao who left for Visakhapatnam immediately upon receiving news of the encounter, confirmed the Naxal casualties to PTI. The injured constables were shifted for treatment to the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam by helicopter, the police official added. The DGP said combing operation was still continuing as there was information that there were some more Maoists roaming in the region.

Source: Indian Express October 24, 2016 05:03 UTC