Indian security forces kill 6 women leftwing rebels

Indian security forces Sunday killed six women leftwing rebels in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, local media reported on Monday. The rebels were killed in an encounter with a special force of police at the Medhri village in the Gadchiroli district of the state, after police got input that some rebels were hiding in the area, said local newspaper The Tribune. Police have been conducting anti-Naxal rebel operations in the district over the past few days, said the report. The bodies of the six women rebels, all of them wearing green uniform of the rebel force, were found and a large number of arms and ammunitions were also found on the spot, said the report. The Naxal rebels are numbered at around 10,000 and active in a number of states in eastern and central parts of India engaging government forces.