Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the Greyhound forces of Andhra Pradesh Police at Theegalametta forest in Koyyuru Mandal(administrative sub-division) in Mampa Police Station area in Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh on June 16, reports The Times of India. Police have identified five CPI-Maoist cadres killed in this incident. The identity of the one lady CPI-Maoist cadre is yet to be ascertained. The five CPI-Maoist cadres identified are Divisional Committee Member (DCM) cadre leader Sande Gangaiah alias Ashok, from Gumpula village under Odelu Mandalin Peddapalli District of Telangana, Ranadev alias Arjun of Kalimela Dalam(armed squad), Santu Nachika, Area Committee Member (ACM), from Koraput District in Odisha and two women cadres identified as Paike from Chhattisgarh and Lalita from Teemulabanda village under GK Veedhi Mandalin Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh. Gangaiah was a member of the medical team of CPI-Maoist. Police have recovered one AK-47 rifle, one Self Loading Rifle (SLR), one carbine, three .303 rifles and a country-made weapon from the location. The encounter between the Greyhounds and CPI-Maoistcadres came after nearly four years of calm in Andhra Pradesh. Police have information that some CPI-Maoist cadres were injured. They will be provided best medical treatment if they surrender and appealed to other cadres of CPI-Maoist to surrender and join mainstream, said Visakha Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) Boddepalli Krishna Rao. A helicopter was scrambled to conduct an aerial survey of the area, with the suspicion that more number of CPI-Maoist cadrescould be taking shelter in the forest area, adds Telangana Today.