After their displacement from their Karregutta forest base in Abhujmarh in April 2025, in which they suffered heavy casualties, the Maoists have been on the run, having split into small groups

xWith the death of top Maoist leaders Katta Ramchandra Reddy, 63, and Kadari Satyanarayan Reddy, 68, in an encounter with the security forces in the Narayanpur area on the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border, the Maoist movement suffered yet another setback and serves as a bellwether to its imminent death well before the Union home minister’s March 31, 2026 deadline.

The two central committee members carried a bounty of Rs 1.8 crores each. The death of top Maoist leaders recently, including its general secretary Basvaraj on May 21, alongside a series of surrenders in batches has depleted its strength t

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