Maredumilli (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 6 (PTI) Nearly eight students from prominent institutions, including Osmania University and the University of Hyderabad, were questioned by the police after they visited a Maoist encounter site in Alluri Sitaramaraju district, an official said on Saturday.

All of them were later allowed to leave, he added.

Under 'Operation Sambhav', police gunned down 13 Maoists over two days—six on November 18 and seven on November 19—in Maredumilli mandal of Alluri Sitaramaraju district.

"Students were not detained. They were examined to prevent any further law-and-order issues," Alluri Sitaramaraju district superintendent of police (SP) Amit Bardar told PTI, adding that the students, who had visited the site on Friday, cooperated with police.

However, he said the st

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