NAGPUR: One other Maoist bastion fell Friday when a 300-strong contingent of C-60 commandos gunned down 4 guerrillas, together with the commander of one in every of PLGA’s oldest formations in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli area, after wading waist-deep by way of the waters of Indravati to storm their island base.Bhamragarh dalam (formation) commander Sonnu Masa Pungati’s dying within the three-hour gunfight marks the second huge success for anti-Maoist forces in 72 hours after CPI (Maoist) chief Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju was shot lifeless Wednesday together with 26 others in an operation in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur.Pungati’s aide Ashok Wadde, who had 17 instances in opposition to him, and two ladies Maoists – Binjyo Hoyami, a Chhattisgarh native wished for 5 homicide instances, and Karuna Pandu alias Mamita, of Gadchiroli – had been killed in Friday’s offensive. Two extra Maoists who had been within the hideout in the course of the gunfight are nonetheless to be traced.“We had intelligence concerning the presence of Maoists close to Kawande (Pungati and Wadde’s village). We launched the operation at dawn regardless of inclement climate. It was a strategic success,” Gadchiroli SP Neelotpal stated. An SLR, two .303 rifles, one other gun, and over 100 rounds of ammunition had been discovered on the website. Extra SP M Ramesh led the operations workforce, backed by CRPF.Maharashtra is now left with round seven members of Gatta dalam, three in Aheri, and the final standing formation of the notorious “Firm No. 10”. The latter operates from deep inside Abujmarh, straddling Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.