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Three kidnapped ex-naxals shot dead

By Our Staff Reporter

BHEEMGAL, JUNE 21. Three out of the six former PWG extremists, including a dalam commander, abducted by the banned outfit from different villages of Bheemgal police circle, were shot dead in the early hours of Thursday between Inayatnagar and Dammaracheruvu villages while the other three were let off after severe warning.

With the fresh killings, the total number of persons killed by the PWG on the charges of attempting covert operation has risen to 14. In all, 20 persons were abducted by the PWG in the last one week, of whom 10 were shot dead on Friday last near Vattimalla and Neral forest, one died of injuries and three more met with similar fate this morning.

The bodies of dalam commander Vijay alias Muthyala Gangadhar of Sirpur village in Nizamabad mandal, Tuniki Swamy of Inayatnagar and Morri Devula of Devakkapet village were found in a pool of blood on a road.

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