India, Sept. 22 -- Two senior Maoists, members of the CPI (Maoist) central committee, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Abhujmad area of Narayanpur district on Monday, police said. Both of them carried a bounty of Rs.40 lakh each.

The deceased were identified as Raju Dada aka Katta Ramachandra Reddy (63) and Kosa Dada aka Kadri Satyanarayana Reddy (67), both natives of Karimnagar district in Telangana.

Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P, said their death was a "major blow" to the outlawed group.

Union home minister Amit Shah praised the security forces for scoring "another major victory".

"In the Abujhmad region of Narayanpur along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border, our forces eliminated two Centr...