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4 suspected Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli
Scroll | May 24, 2025 3:39 AM CST

Four suspected Maoists were with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district along the Chhattisgarh border on Friday.

The gunfight took place near Kawande village, close to the Indravati river, during a by the Gadchiroli Police and the Central Reserve Police Force, PTI quoted an unidentified police official as having said in a statement.

The operation was launched a day earlier based on information about the presence of Maoists in the area, the statement added.

This comes two days after – including Nambala Keshav Rao, who was the leader of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) – were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district.

With this, nearly 190 suspected Maoists have been killed in gunfights with security personnel this year. In 2024, were killed by security forces.

Malini Subramaniam has for Scroll that while many of those killed in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in 2024 were declared by the police to be Maoists, several families dispute the claim. The families claim that the persons killed were civilians.

The Union government has repeatedly “Left Wing Extremism” in the country by March 31, 2026.

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