11 CISF men killed by Maoists, fresh gun battle near Nalco

Bhubaneswar: Altogether 11 CISF personnel and four Maoists were killed in a gunfight following a daring attack on an armoury and bauxite mine of public sector Nalco in Orissa's Koraput district, even as a fresh gun battle broke out this evening when security forces closed in on the fleeing rebels.
"Eleven CISF jawans posted at mines in Damanjodi were killed and 15 others injured in a five hour gunbattle after the ultras struck last night," Director General of Police M M Praharaj said today.
Bodies of four Maoists, including a woman, along with a light machine gun and a rifle were found at the spot, he said.
Over 200 heavily armed Maoists, including women cadre, looted the CISF armoury and took away at least a dozen rifles and light machine guns shortly after 9:30 pm last night in a well planned attack.
The fresh gun battle broke out this evening during joint combing by central forces, Orissa's anti-naxalite force Special Operation Group (SOG) and commandos from Andhra Pradesh after the maoists were spotted by two helicopters hiding at Panchpatmali jungle, the police said.