Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:23am on 06 Jun 2025,Friday India
On June 5, 2025, security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district neutralized senior Maoist leader Gautam, also known as Sudhakar, during an operation in the Indravati National Park area. Sudhakar, a Central Committee Member of the CPI (Maoist) and the group's ideological chief, carried a bounty of ₹40 lakh. His death follows the recent elimination of General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao (Basavaraju), marking the third senior Maoist leader killed in 2025. Authorities recovered an AK-47 rifle and explosives from the site. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the operation as a significant step in eradicating Maoism from the Bastar region. (PC: ANI)
