Deva is believed to have coordinated nearly all ambushes carried out against security forces in Bastar between 2007 and 2024, including the 2013 Darbha valley ambush.
The 67-year-old was eliminated in encounter in forest range between Odisha’s Ganjam & Kandhamal. He was among the last remaining members of Central Committee of CPI (Maoist).
Vikas Nagpure alias Anant was a special zonal committee member of Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh–Chhattisgarh zone & its spokesperson for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Hidma, the second in command among the Maoist ranks, was among the key planners of several deadly attacks, including the 2010 Dantewada ambush that killed 74 CRPF personnel.
Bhupati’s surrender signals major blow to Maoist movement as he was one of top 2 contenders for general secy of banned CPI (Maoist) after security forces killed Nambala Keshava Rao.
Belonging to Telangana's Karimnagar district, he is one of most educated & technologically competent among contenders for top post. Maoist leader faces 26 cases in three states.
Maoist cadres killed Manish during the public hearing at a 'Jan Adalat', alleging he was a police informer, say police. Body is still to be recovered because of the monsoon rains.
Sodhi Kanna carried a reward of Rs 8 lakh. Security forces had launched the operation on 4 July in Indravati National Park after receiving inputs on the presence of Maoist cadres.
Gajarla Ravi alias Uday ‘used to put up posters, run errands for Maoists since age 7’. At the time of his death, he was senior-most Maoist leader in Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border areas.
Along with Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds also killed Aruna, a senior Maoist leader in Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee & wife of slain Maoist Chalapathi.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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