A woman member of outlawed CPI(Maoist) was killed in an encounter on the Andhra-Odisha border on Friday, police said. She was one of the accused in the killing of a TDP MLA Kidari Sarveshwara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma near Araku. The deceased Maoist was identified as Gajarla Meena, wife of Gajarla Ravi, secretary, AP-Odisha Border Special Zone committee. She was accused number 23 in the case of the killing of TDP leaders on September 23.
Visakhapatnam rural district superintendent Rahul Dev Sharma told the media that she died in an exchange of fire during the combing operation. After the exchange of fire when the police searched the area Meena’s body was found, he said.
Police and the anti Maoist force were combing the border area continuously since the cold-blooded murder of the MLA and former MLA in forest area near Arakku.
In another development four Maoists surrendered to the police. They include squad members Jayanti alias Anjana, Sumala alias Geeta, and Radhika and party member Rajashekhar Karma, Sharma said.
