Seven suspected members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday, The Hindu reported.

This came a day after Madvi Hidma , one of the most wanted Maoist leaders, and five others were killed in the same district.

The police had said on Tuesday that some Maoists had fled the site of the earlier gunfight and that a search was underway to apprehend them.

Those killed on Wednesday were four men and three women , The Times of India reported.

Additional Director General of Police Mahesh Chandra Laddha told the newspaper that one of those killed was Metturi Joga Rao, also known as Tech Shankar, who was in charge of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee.

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