Maoist Leader Among Seven Killed in Chhattisgarh Encounter
Deccan ChronicleRaipur: Maoists’ west bureau secretary P Mohan Rao alias Ramchandra who carried a bounty of Rs 25 lakh was among seven ultras who were gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in south Abujhmad under Narayanpur district in south Bastar in Chhattisgarh on December 12, police said on Saturday. One of the deceased ultra has been identified as Maoists’ west bureau secretary P Mohan Rao who was also member of Odisha state committee of outlawed CPI, Bastar police said. The massive anti-Naxal operation involving around 1,000 security personnel was launched in Kolhaja-Dondarbeda jungle in south Abujhmad on December 12 following intelligence inputs on the presence of senior Maoist leaders of Bastar, Maharashtra and Odisha in the area, police said. Meanwhile, Bastar range inspector general of police P Sunderraj on Saturday announced that two of the seven districts in Bastar division have witnessed no Naxal incidents in the last one year indicating that they have become free of Maoist influence.