Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basavaraj, the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist), was killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh, marking a significant blow to the Maoist insurgency in India. Basavaraj, a former engineering graduate, rose through the ranks to become a key military strategist, orchestrating major attacks and maintaining international connections.
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