Communist Party of India (Maoist)’s Central Committee Member (CCM) Milind Teltumbade, who carried a bounty of Rs 50 lakh on his head, and two Divisional Committee Members (DVMs) were among 26 Maoists — including six women — gunned in a massive encounter with the special anti-naxal commandos of the Gadchiroli police in eastern Maharashtra on Saturday.
Fifty-seven-year-old Teltumbade was the leader of Tipagad and Korchi naxal dalams and also of Vistar Platoon.