Deepak Kumar Nayak
On May 21, 2025, in a major tactical blow to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basava Raju aka Ganganna aka Krishna aka Vijay aka Prakash (70), the ‘general secretary’ of the party (the highest executive post), a ‘Politburo member’, ‘Central Committee (CC)’ member, and Central Military Commission (CMC)’ member, was killed along with 26 other Maoists, in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the dense jungles between the Abujhmad Forest and the Indravati National Park in the Narayanpur District of the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. One supporter (informer) of the Police was also killed in the encounter. During the operation, one District Reserve Guards (DRG) jawan Khotluram Korram (38), was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast.
During a combing operation along the border of Dantewada, Narayanpur and Bijapur Districts, in the Abhujmadh area, following intelligence inputs about the presence of senior cadres of the Maoists’ ‘Maad division’, coincidentally, on the night of the encounter, both Basava Raju and the DRG personnel unknowingly camped within a radius of 1 to 1.5 kilometres. At dawn, a chance firing took place between Basava Raju’s sentry and a DRG trooper, which led to the fierce gun battle, which lasted for about 30 to 40 minutes, with over 300 rounds fired by both sides. The identity of Basava Raju was confirmed by a DRG trooper, who was a former Maoist and had worked with him.
Two women bodyguards of Basava Raju, Sangeeta and Bhoomika, both aged around 35, active members of Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Company No. 07, carrying a bounty of INR 1 million each, were also reportedly killed in the encounter. Also killed was Jang Naveen akaMadhu (45), a high-ranking strategist, a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) and part of the Central Committee’s strategic team, with a bounty of INR 2.5 million; as well as Ugendra aka Vivek (30), a member of PLGA Company No. 07 and affiliated with the People’s Party Committee (PPCM), carrying a bounty of INR 800,000. The identities of the other slain cadres were still being ascertained at the time of writing.
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