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In one of the biggest campaign against Naxalites in Chhattisgarh, security forces killed 27 Naxalites including Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavraju, general secretary of the Indian Communist Party (Maoist) Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavraju, during an encounter in the forest of Abujhmad on the border of Bijapur-Narayanpur district on Wednesday. 12 women Naxalites were also killed in this encounter. DRG jawans celebrated after the successful elimination of 27 Naxalites during the encounter in the forest area of Abujhmad. In the video, the soldiers are seen putting each other abir.
Inspector General of Police of Bastar region Sundararaj P said that one of the slain Naxalites was identified in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday as Basavaraju (70) of Rs 1 crore, while others were identified on Thursday. He informed that the campaign with DRG personnel of Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Kondagaon districts was started on 18 May. Police had received information that the Central Committee of Maoists, members of the Polit Bureau and senior cadre of the Mod Division and members of the PLGA (People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army) are present there. The encounter took place on Wednesday morning after searching for three days.
#Watch Chhattisgarh: DRG Jawans Celebrate after the successful elimination of 27 naxals during an encounter in the forest area of Abujhmad in Narayanpur on 21st May.
Top Naxal Leader Basava Raju was also killed in the encounter. pic.twitter.com/9nfq3ijxkk
– ANI (@ani) May 22, 2025
Sundararaj said that in the slain Naxalites, there was a reward of Rs 25 lakh on Jangu Naveen, a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of Maoists. At the same time, four Maoists Company Party Committee Members (CYPCM) Sangeeta (35), Bhumika (35), Somli (30) and Roshan alias Tipu (35) had a reward of Rs 10 lakh.
#Watch Chhattisgarh: DRG Jawans Celebrate after the successful elimination of 27 naxals during an encounter in the forest area of Abujhmad in Narayanpur on 21st May.
Top Naxal Leader Basava Raju was also killed in the encounter. pic.twitter.com/6WQM0QGEZB
– ANI (@ani) May 22, 2025
The Inspector General of Police said that the remaining 21 Naxalites, including members of three platoon party committee and 18 members of PLGA Company No. Seven were involved, but a reward of eight lakh rupees.
He said that three AK-47 rifles, four self-loading rifles (SLR), six INSAS rifle, a carbine, six .303 rifle, a barrel grenade launcher (BGL), two rocket launchers, two rocket launchers, two guns of 12 bore, a domestic pistol, two guns, a domestic pistol, two gunny pistols, a domestic pistol, two grenal launchers (SLRs), six INSAS rifle (SLR), six.
#Watch Chhattisgarh: DRG Jawans Celebrate after the successful elimination of 27 naxals during an encounter in the forest area of Abujhmad in Narayanpur on 21st May. pic.twitter.com/zn5ofmgj8n
– ANI (@ani) May 22, 2025
The official said that the Union Home Ministry had declared a reward of Rs 1 crore on Basavaraju, Rs 50 lakh by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Rs 25-25 lakh by the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
He said that it is estimated that he had a total reward of Rs 10 crore in all the leftist extremism affected states. Detailed information about this is being collected.
Basavaraju, who was known by the surnames of Gagna, BR Dada and Prakash, Krishna, Darapu Narasimha Reddy, joined the illegal movement in the 1970s. The top Maoist leader, a resident of Jiannapeta village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, had a BTech degree from Engineering College, Warangal.
In 2018, Basavaraju took over as the general secretary of the banned organization CPI (Maoist) and replaced Muppala Laxman Rao alias Ganpati, who was 71 years old at that time. Ganapati resigned from his post due to his deteriorating health and age related problems.
The Inspector General of Police said that he was the founding member of the Central Committee of Maoists, members of the Polit Bureau and the head of the Central Military Commission of Maoists.
He said that Basavaraju was expert in military training, especially improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and explosives and attacks on security forces and police stations. He was involved in the 2004 Koraput (Odisha) armory robbery in which three people were killed. During this time, Naxalites looted one thousand advanced guns and one thousand other weapons from the arsenal, which cost around Rs 50 crore.
Sundararaj said that Basavaraju was involved in the 2005 Jehanabad Jail Break (Bihar) in which 389 prisoners including Maoists and notorious criminals fled. He was also involved in the 2010 massacre in Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) in which 76 CRPF personnel lost their lives.
He said that Basavaraju was accused of involvement in the murder of an MLA in Andhra Pradesh in 2018 in the 2013 Jhiram Valley attack (Bastar, Chhattisgarh) in which 27 people including senior Congress leaders were killed and in 2018. The Inspector General of Police said that the security forces have given a big blow to the Maoists by piling up the Basavaraju.
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