Top Maoist leader amongst 26 killed in Chhattisgarh encounter in a gun battle with security forces
A veteran of the Maoist movement since the 1970s, Basavaraju is among the most elusive Maoist leaders in the country Raipur: The general secretary of CPI (Maoist), Nambala Keshav Rao, also known as Basavaraju, was likely killed. This occurred in Wednesday’s encounter in Abujhmad forest, police officers said. Police said Basavaraju could be among the 26 Maoists killed. They died in a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Wednesday. Sharma reported that more than 26 Maoists have been killed. A search operation is ongoing, the state home minister Vijay Sharma stated. “The operation has been going…