Following the recent death of CPI (Maoist) leader Nambala Keshav Rao, sources report another senior Maoist, Gautam alias Sudhakar, has been killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Sudhakar, a central committee member with a Rs 40 lakh bounty, was reportedly gunned down during an anti-Naxalite operation in the Indravati National Park area.
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