Times of India reports that 39 security force (SF) personnel
including
unspecified
number
of
Greyhounds
commandos
from
Andhra
Pradesh
were
killed
on
June
29
in
an
attack
carried
out
by
the
Communist
Party
of
India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
cadres
on
a
64-member
joint
Andhra
Pradesh-Orissa
police
party
in
the
Chitrakonda
reservoir
of
Malkangiri
district,
close
to
the
Andhra
Pradesh
border.
The
SF
personnel
were
returning
after
conducting
combing
operations
in
the
Sileru
area,
after
getting
information
that
the
Maoists
were
holding
a
conclave
there.
Maoists
reportedly
fired
rockets
targeting
the
boat
in
which
the
SF
personnel
were
travelling.
The
boat
capsized
drowning
some
SF
personnel.
Others
who
swam
ashore
were
reportedly
ambushed
by
the
Maoists.
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