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Chhattisgarh encounter: Top Naxal leader Basavraj carrying Rs 1 crore bounty among 30 killed
As many as 30 Naxals were killed in an encounter with District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district.
In Short
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As many as 30 Naxals, including top Naxal leader Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavraj, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 crore, have been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh, as per sources.
Notably, Basavraj was also the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). The top Naxal leader, who has been part of the Naxalite movement since the 1970s and was being hunted by security agencies across the country, was neutralised by District Reserve Guard (DRG) forces, sources added.
