Another Maoist killed in Odisha encounter; toll rises to seven

Four Maoists, including two women, were killed on Sunday evening in Kandhamal's Golanki village and two naxals were shot dead early yesterday at Dudkamal village of Balangir district, police said.

A fresh gun battle broke out on Monday when a joint team of Special Operation Group and District Voluntary Force was carrying out a combing operation in the Sudukumpa forest, Kandhamal SP Pratik Singh said. The CPI(M)member, who was gunned down in the encounter, was active in Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh division of the state, he told reporters.