Operation Kagar: Know all about 50-hr-long mission that killed 27 Naxals, including Basavaraju in Chhattisgarh

The security forces on Wednesday (May 21) killed Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basavaraju- the General Secretary and supreme commander of the CPI (Maoist)- in a prolonged and high-stakes anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. Basavaraju was among the 27 Naxals killed in the joint operation of the security forces in the Abujmarh forests of Chhattisgarh. AK-47 rifles, SLR-INSAS carbines, and other arms and ammunition in heavy numbers were recovered. One DRG jawan was martyred, and several others were injured in the operation.

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