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A specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police consisting of C-60 commandos carried out an operation in&nbsp;Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, killing fourteen Naxals on Sunday. A senior&nbsp;official said that&nbsp;the encounter was a combing operation to wipe out all the Naxals in the area.
"Fourteen Naxals were killed in the encounter. Combing operations are still on," Sharad Shelar, Inspector General of&nbsp;Police said.
He said the combing operation, which started in the morning, was currently underway at Tadgaon forest in&nbsp;Bhamragad, around 750 kilometres.
The official said that two district-level "commanders"of the proscribed outfit, identified as Sainath and Sainyu, were among those killed in the encounter.
Director General of Police Satish Mathur congratulated the C-60 team which participated in the encounter.
"This is a major operation against Naxals in recent times," Mathur told PTI.
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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI
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A senior official said that the encounter was a combing operation to wipe out all the Naxals in the area

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