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Cops found five dead bodies, including two women at the spot. The Odisha SOG and other forces are continued combing the area. They seized two Insas rifles, one SLR, a hand grenades and others from the spot.Sources said that the commander of the squad Ranadev escaped from the spot along with few others. VISAKHAPATNAM: Maoists in Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) received a severe jolt as five of their comrades, including two women, were gunned down by the security forces on the early hours of Monday in Pappuluru forest area of Malakangiri district in Odisha , a border area of Visakhapatnam district of AP.According to sources, the combing anti naxal force special operations group (SOG) jawans exchanged bullets with the Maoists Kalimela squad led by Ranadev in between Allurukota and Sanyasiguda in Pappuluru panchayat, which is around 20km from the borders of Seeleru of Visakhapatnam district.After half an hour of exchange of fire with the cops, naxals escaped from the spot..