Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil today felicitated the Gadchiroli Police and C-60 Force Jawans and congratulated them for eliminating 26 Naxalites in an encounter on Saturday.<br />''<br />''Top Maoist Central Committee Member Milind Teltumbde — who carried booty of 50 lakh rupees — was among the 26 Maoists, including six women, who were killed in an encounter with the security forces that took place during a combing operation carried out in the forest area of Mardintola in Dhanora taluka of Gadchiroli district on Saturday.<br />''<br />''Additional Superintendent of Police Somay Munde and Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal, who are the commanders of Anti-Naxal Police Units and C-60 jawans and head of operations, were felicitated by the Home Minister.<br />''<br />''<br />