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Hans India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
3 senior Maoists killed in ASR district encounter
Paderu (ASR district): IN another blow to the CPI (Maoist), three top Maoist leaders were killed by security forces in an intense gun battle in the dense forests near Kondamodalu, close to Kintukuru village in Devipatnam mandal of the Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district. The operation marks one of the most significant anti-Maoist strikes in the Andhra–Odisha Border (AOB) region in recent years. The encounter, which took place early Tuesday, resulted in the deaths of three high-ranking Maoists. Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, a Central Committee member; Ravi Venka Chaitanya alias Aruna, a Special Zonal Committee member and wife of recently deceased top Maoist leader Pratapareddy Ramachandra Reddy (also known as Chalapathi Rao); and Anju, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the AOB Special Zonal Committee. Security forces, acting on credible intelligence, launched a swift operation in the Kondamodalu forest area after reports indicated the presence of a group of 12–16 armed Maoists. The gun battle lasted for approximately 25 minutes, during which the three Maoists were killed. The remaining cadres fled deep into the forest, prompting a massive combing operation in the surrounding areas. Three AK-47 assault rifles and other material were recovered from the encounter site. Police officials confirmed that reinforcement units from Devipatnam police station were quickly dispatched to secure the area and support the operation. Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, a veteran Maoist operative since the 1980s, was previously involved in peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government and had a Rs 25 lakh bounty on his head. Aruna, who carried a Rs 20 lakh reward, was accused in the high-profile 2018 assassination of then MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma near Dumbriguda. She hailed from Karakavani Palem in Pendurthi mandal, Visakhapatnam district. Police said that the bodies of the deceased Maoists were shifted to Rampachodavaram Area Hospital for post-mortem examination. A senior police official hailed the operation as a significant success in the fight against Maoist extremism in the region. The elimination of key leadership figures is expected to severely impact the strategic and operational capacities of Maoist units in the AOB zone, which has been a long-standing stronghold. Combing operations are ongoing to trace the fleeing Maoists, and police have appealed to local villagers to cooperate and share any suspicious movements or information.
Indian Express
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Senior leader from Maoist's Telangana committee killed in Indravati National Park encounter
A day after security forces recovered the body of a senior Maoist leader after an encounter in Indravati National Park in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, the body of yet another leader from the banned outfit's Telangana state committee has now been found. The body was recovered from the encounter that broke out in Indravati National Park in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Thursday morning, officials have said. This is the third encounter this year in the national park and brings the total gunned down in them to 45. 'The deceased Maoist is identified as 45-year-old Bhaskar @ Mailarapu Adellu. He is a Special Zonal Committee (SZC) Member of the Telangana State Committee,' Bastar range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P said. A resident of Urumadla village in Telangana's Adilabad district, Bhaskar was the secretary of the Mancherial-Komarambheem (MKB) division of the Telangana State Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit. He had a bounty of Rs 45 lakh — Rs 25 lakh in Chhattisgarh and 20 lakh in Telangana. 'An AK-47 rifle along with other explosives, weapons, and ammunition have been recovered from the encounter site,' Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Yadav said. This is the second significant death in this encounter after central committee member Thentu Laxmi Narasimha Chalam alias Sudhakar, 66, was killed Thursday. Hours after the killing, a group of Maoists stopped a transport vehicle and set it on fire in retaliation. This comes nearly a fortnight after Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basava Raju, the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist), was gunned down in an encounter along with 27 others in the jungles of Abujhmad region in Narayanpur district on May 21. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set a deadline of March 2026 to eradicate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from India. The security forces this year till date have 202 Maoists, of which 185 were in Bastar region alone — Bijapur is a part of Bastar region. This year has also seen the death of 17 security personnel in attacks by Maoists.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
2 more from Andhra Pradesh among Naxals killed in encounter
Hyderabad: Two senior Maoist leaders from Andhra Pradesh are believed to have been killed in the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh, top sources confirmed on Tuesday. Among them is Sajja Venkata Nageswara Rao , better known by his aliases Rajanna, Yesanna, or Jang Naveen, a key figure who headed the Maoist journal 'Jung'. He was serving as a Special Zonal Committee Member (SZCM) of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC). The second leader reported dead is Madhu, also an SZCM-level cadre in the same region. However, officials from Andhra Pradesh Police said they were awaiting formal confirmation from their Chhattisgarh counterparts regarding the identities. Naveen (60) hailed from Rama village of Jandrapet in Chirala mandal of Prakasam district. He was from middle-class background and joined the Maoist movement early, influenced by People's War Group activities in his native region. He was fluent in Telugu and was known to carry an AK-47. The AP govt had announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh on him.
