Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], November 13 (ANI): Twenty-six Naxalites were killed in an encounter with the Maharashtra Police in the Gyarapatti forest of Korchi Tehsil in Gadchiroli district, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal said.

C-60 unit of the anti-Naxal operation of Gadchiroli Police has killed 26 Naxalites in an encounter in Gyarapatti forest of Korchi Tehsil on Saturday, police said.

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"Police had received secret information that there was a camp of Naxalites in the Gyarapatti-Kodagul forest of Korchi, on the basis of this, the C-60 unit of Gadchiroli Police started the search operation in Gyarapatti-Kodagul forest from 6 am on Saturday morning," said Gadchiroli SP Ankit Goyal told ANI.

The bodies of 26 Naxalites have been recovered, whose identification is on, he added.

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Along with the 26 bodies, the police recovered a large amount of Naxal literature and weapons, the police added.

Four jawans of the C-60 unit were injured in the encounter that lasted for about eight hours.

The jawans had been airlifted to Nagpur and are undergoing treatment at Orange City Hospital in Nagpur. (ANI)

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