Raipur: Two top Maoists carrying a bounty of Rs 40 lakh each were on Monday gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Abujhmad area along Chhattisgarh- Maharashtra border, police said. Both the Maoist leaders carried a bounty of Rs 40 lakh each in Chhattisgarh”, Narayanpur district superintendent of police Robinson said. He carried a bounty of Rs 40 lakh. Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy (67), who had Maoist names like Gopanna and Buchanna, is also a native of Karimnagar in Telangana and carried a bounty of Rs 40 lakh in Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the security forces for neutralizing two top Maoist leaders in Monday's encounter in Abujhmad.