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United News of India
5 hours ago
- Politics
- United News of India
Three top Maoists killed in Andhra encounter
Paderu (Andhra Pradesh), June 18 (UNI) Three top-ranked Maoists, including central committee Member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday were killed in a fierce encounter with the Greyhounds personnel at Rampachodavaram village early on Wednesday. According to the police, a Greyhound team conducted combing at Kondamodalu, Koyyalagudem and Chintakur villages between Rampachodavaram and Maredumilli mandal in the forest area. The Greyhound team noticed the movements of Maoists near Devipatnam forest area. When the Greyhounds personnel were nearing them, the Maoists opened fire which the Greyhounds retaliated. Sources said that Maoists central committee member Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, Andhra-Odisha Border ACM Anju and special zone committee member Aruna were killed in the encounter. The police recovered three AK 47 rifles and ammunition from the encounter site. One of the deceased, Aruna, was the wife of one of the Maoists' top leaders and Central Committee member Chalapathi Rao, who was killed in an encounter in January, 2025 at the AP-Odisha border. Aruna was an accused in the killings of the then MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Somu in the combined Visakhapatnam in 2018 at Dumbiguda village. Another deceased Gajarla Ravi alias Uday was carrying a reward Rs 25 lakh while Aruna was carrying Rs 20 lakh reward. Aruna belonged to Karakavanipalem of Pendurthi mandal near Visakhapatnam. Additional police forces were deployed from Maredumilliu and Devipatnam to the encounter site. The bodies of the three deceased Maoists were being shifted to the GGH in Rampachodavarm, police sources said. This is the first major encounter with the Maoists in Andhra Pradesh since bifurcation of the combined AP state in 2014. UNI DP PRS
The Sun
6 hours ago
- Politics
- The Sun
India says suspected top Maoist among three killed by troops
NEW DELHI: Indian commandos shot dead three Maoist rebels Wednesday, police said, including a suspected top commander, less than a month after the insurgent group's chief was killed. India is waging an all-out offensive against the last vestiges of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired movement began nearly six decades ago. In the latest incident, three rebels were killed in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, said Amit Bardar, police chief of Alluri Sitharama Raju district where the operation took place. Police suspect the dead include Gajarla Ravi, alias Uday, a member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist's top decision-making body, and another senior leader, Raavi Venkata Chaitanya, alias Aruna. 'We recovered AK-47s, and as per the formation, we expect it is them,' said Bardar, as only senior rebels are known to hold such weapons. The two had fled to the area last winter to escape fierce fighting in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, the police chief said. More than 12,000 rebels, soldiers, and civilians have died since a handful of villagers first rose up against their feudal lords in 1967. At its peak in the mid-2000s, the rebellion controlled nearly a third of the country, with an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 fighters. India has vowed to completely crush the rebellion by early next year. The crackdown by Indian troops across the so-called 'Red Corridor' has killed nearly 500 rebels since the beginning of 2024, according to government data. The group's chief, Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, was gunned down in May, along with 26 other guerrillas. But the security operations have been marred by allegations of extra-judicial killings. Five of India's mainstream communist parties wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month, calling for an 'immediate halt to the extra-judicial killings... in the name of' security operations. The Maoists have said they are ready for dialogue if the government withdraws security forces and halts the ongoing offensive -- an offer the government has rejected. In their letter, the leftist parties criticised the government for not 'pursuing a solution through talks'. 'Instead, they are following an inhuman policy of killings and annihilation,' they alleged.
New Indian Express
9 hours ago
- New Indian Express
Three Maoists including central committee member killed in encounter with police in Andhra's ASR
VISAKHAPATNAM: Three Maoists, including a senior Central Committee Member of the banned CPI (Maoist), were killed in an exchange of fire with the Greyhounds, near Akooru village in the Maredumilli forest area of Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Wednesday morning. According to police sources, the encounter took place during a combing operation in the forest region near Rampachodavaram. The deceased Maoists were identified as Gajarla Ravi alias Uday, a Central Committee Member of the CPI (Maoist) and Secretary of the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC); Aruna, a South Zonal Committee Member and wife of the late Central Committee Member Chalapathi, who was recently killed in Chhattisgarh; and another member. According to initial reports, security forces recovered three AK-47 rifles from the encounter site. No injuries or casualties were reported among the police personnel. Efforts are underway to retrieve the bodies from the location.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Combing intensified for Maoist top guns
Visakhapatnam: have launched massive targeting . Following the encounter, a large number of security forces were deployed to eliminate the CPI Maoists on the run in the Andhra-Odisha (AOB) border areas. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Sources indicated that top Maoist leaders, including AOB special zonal committee secretary Gajarla Ravi, alias Uday, and SZC member Ravi Venkata Chaitanya, alias Aruna, along with another 12 Maoists, are now fleeing for their lives as police parties have allegedly surrounded the AOB least 15 security squads of Greyhounds and Armed Reserve officers are continuously combing the areas to capture the Naxals on the run. The security forces of Andhra Pradesh have been waiting for the opportunity to target the top leaders for the past one-and-a-half years, and now they have tightened the is recalled that two Naxals, including AOB special zonal committee member Kakuri Pandanna, alias Jagan, and DCM cadre Wage Podiami, alias Ramesh, were killed in the fire exchange at Dummukonda forest area, close to the Odisha borders. Alluri district police sources reported that five Maoists were spotted, and fired at, by the Greyhounds Jawans. At that time, another 13 Maoists, including Ravi alias Uday and Aruna, were around 100 metre away from the spot and escaped from the area. After learning this, a large number of security forces were deployed for the combing of the senior officers mentioned that three women cadres, most probably from Chhattisgarh, were also in the 13-member squad. They might have fled to the Puttakota area via Pedalanka Kotturu. "The area is densely forested, and they may sneak into Mandapalli to the Odisha part via Jerrela forests," he SZ secretary Gajarla Ravi is a chronic diabetic patient and is surviving on insulin injections, while Aruna's health condition is reportedly not good now, sources said. Alluri district SP, Amit Bardar, stated that the Maoists may join mainstream life if they come overground by leaving their weapons. "We will not harm them if they offer to surrender to lead a peaceful life," he said.
