'Malkangiri killings fake encounter of Naxals'
Following the killing of 24 Naxals by the police in Odisha's Malkangiri district, revolutionary writer Varavara Rao on Tuesday termed it as a "fake encounter". "Police surrounded the Maoists... and shot them in cold blood and claimed it as an exchange of fire," he said. The Andhra Pradesh government is trying to loot the minerals in the area, Rao alleged.