A top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ and two women cadres were shot dead in an encounter near Katrangatta village in Bhamragad Taluka (revenue division) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on May 13, wiping out an entire Dalam (armed squad) that lorded over a 1,000-square-kilometre patch in the Maharashtra, reports The Times of India. Permili Dalam, ‘commander’ Vasu Samar Korcha, carried an INR 2.2 million bounty. One of the women, Reshma Madkam, was an ‘area committee member (ACM)’ of the People's Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA). The other was Kamla Madavi. “Korcha and the two women were the last of the three remaining members of the dalam. The trio was trying to mobilise villagers and plan subversive activities,” Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police (SP) Neelotpal said. Arms, including three automatic weapons—one AK47, one carbine, and one INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifle—and Maoist literature and belongings were also recovered from the firing spot.