An exchange of fire (EoF) between the Security Forces (SFs), comprising the elite anti-Naxal[Left Extremism, LWE] force of Andhra Pradesh the Greyhounds, and Special Police Party, and the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres took place at Gummarevula village under Sileru Police Station limits in Vizag Agency in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh on June 12, reports The Hindu.According to the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Visakhapatnam, Attada Babujee, the SFs were on routine combing operation in the area and the Maoists on sighting them opened fire. “There were about 15 to 20 Maoists and after the EoF, they fled under the cover of darkness and thick forest,” he said.It is also learnt that Galikonda Area Committee ‘chief’ Naveen was reportedly present in the group and managed to escape.The Police recovered three .303 Lee Enfield rifles, two landmines and about 15 kit bags. Sources in the Police say that Naveen, who heads the Galikonda Area Committee, has been trying hard to revive the Maoist movement in Agency area of Visakhapatnam- East Godavari border and was spotted a few times in the region, in the last few months. However, no Police personnel was injured in the EoF.