Security forces delivered a body blow to the Maoists and killed a top Telugu Maoist commander in Odisha on Thursday. Ganesh Uike, 69, a high-ranking central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) was carrying Rs 1.1 crore bounty and was the head of Odisha operations. Uike was killed by teams of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the Rampa forest area bordering Kandhamal and Ganjam districts. Three other Maoists, including two women cadres, were also killed in the encounter. The operation has delivered a significant blow to the Maoist insurgency by eliminating its leadership in the state.&nbsp;The security forces encountered an armed Maoist squad in the Rambha forest range at around 9 am on Thursday. The encounter began after a small mobile team of the Odisha Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) launched a combing operation in the forest following a tip-off about Maoist movement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/yearender-2025-the-year-of-wars-tariff-turmoil-and-climate-disasters-1766568207775">Yearender 2025: The year of wars, tariff turmoil, and climate disasters</a>&nbsp;The insurgents opened fire, leading to a heavy exchange of bullets. By noon, security forces recovered the bodies of four Maoists from the site, including that of Ganesh Uike.&nbsp;Security personnel also recovered high-calibre weaponry from the site, including two INSAS rifles and a .303 rifle. Uike, known by various aliases, like Pakka Hanumantu, Rajesh Tiwari, and Rupa, was a veteran insurgent originally from Nalgonda, Telangana.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/pakistan-pm-s-adviser-rejects-claims-of-pia-being-sold-at-less-value-says-new-owners-to-run-airline-from-april-1766588987477">Pakistan PM‘s adviser rejects claims of PIA being sold at less value, says new owners to run airline from April</a><h2>Uike carried Rs 1.1 crore bounty on his head</h2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ganesh Uike was one of the few remaining members of the Maoist Central Committee, the insurgent group’s apex decision-making body, and the government had announced a staggering bounty of Rs 1.1 crore on him.He played a pivotal role in the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) for more than 40 years and was the primary link between the central leadership and local units across what has been called the Red Corridor.&nbsp;lso Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/fadnavis-mocks-uddhav-raj-thackeray-reunion-says-as-if-russia-and-ukraine-came-together-1766575337248">Fadnavis mocks Uddhav-Raj Thackeray reunion, says, ‘As if Russia and Ukraine came together’</a><h2>Uike was one of only three central committee members left</h2>&nbsp;Uike was also one of the only three central committee members left, along with Mallaraji Reddy, alias Sangram, in Chhattisgarh and Analda, alias Toofan, in Jharkhand. The identities of three other Maoists killed on Thursday are being verified.This encounter brings the government closer to its stated goal of making the country Maoist-free by March 2026.Earlier this year, the Maoist Central Committee’s General Secretary Basavaraj was killed in May and Commander Madvi Hidma in November.“This is a historic success for our forces. The elimination of an Rs 1.1 crore bounty leader breaks the backbone of the Maoist organisational structure in the region,” said a senior official monitoring the operation.

Ganesh Uike, known by various aliases, like Pakka Hanumantu, Rajesh Tiwari, and Rupa, was a veteran insurgent originally from Nalgonda, Telangana. He was one of the few remaining members of the Maoist Central Committee, the insurgent group’s apex decision-making body.

Security forces delivered a body blow to the Maoists and killed a top Telugu Maoist commander in Odisha on Thursday. Ganesh Uike, 69, a high-ranking central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) was carrying Rs 1.1 crore bounty and was the head of Odisha operations. Uike was killed by teams of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the Rampa forest area bordering Kandhamal and Ganjam districts. Three other Maoists, including two women cadres, were also killed in the encounter. The operation has delivered a significant blow to the Maoist insurgency by eliminating its leadership in the state. The security forces encountered an armed Maoist squad in the Rambha forest range at around 9 am on Thursday. The encounter began after a small mobile team of the Odisha Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) launched a combing operation in the forest following a tip-off about Maoist movement. Also Read: Yearender 2025: The year of wars, tariff turmoil, and climate disasters The insurgents opened fire, leading to a heavy exchange of bullets. By noon, security forces recovered the bodies of four Maoists from the site, including that of Ganesh Uike. Security personnel also recovered high-calibre weaponry from the site, including two INSAS rifles and a .303 rifle. Uike, known by various aliases, like Pakka Hanumantu, Rajesh Tiwari, and Rupa, was a veteran insurgent originally from Nalgonda, Telangana. Also Read: Pakistan PM‘s adviser rejects claims of PIA being sold at less value, says new owners to run airline from April Uike carried Rs 1.1 crore bounty on his head Ganesh Uike was one of the few remaining members of the Maoist Central Committee, the insurgent group’s apex decision-making body, and the government had announced a staggering bounty of Rs 1.1 crore on him. He played a pivotal role in the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) for more than 40 years and was the primary link between the central leadership and local units across what has been called the Red Corridor. lso Read: Fadnavis mocks Uddhav-Raj Thackeray reunion, says, ‘As if Russia and Ukraine came together’ Uike was one of only three central committee members left Uike was also one of the only three central committee members left, along with Mallaraji Reddy, alias Sangram, in Chhattisgarh and Analda, alias Toofan, in Jharkhand. The identities of three other Maoists killed on Thursday are being verified. This encounter brings the government closer to its stated goal of making the country Maoist-free by March 2026. Earlier this year, the Maoist Central Committee’s General Secretary Basavaraj was killed in May and Commander Madvi Hidma in November. “This is a historic success for our forces. The elimination of an Rs 1.1 crore bounty leader breaks the backbone of the Maoist organisational structure in the region,” said a senior official monitoring the operation.

Ganesh Uike, known by various aliases, like Pakka Hanumantu, Rajesh Tiwari, and Rupa, was a veteran insurgent originally from Nalgonda, Telangana. He was one of the few remaining members of the Maoist Central Committee, the insurgent group’s apex decision-making body.

Top Maoist commander Ganesh Uike, carrying Rs 1.1 crore bounty, killed in Odisha

A Maoist commander carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty was killed along with two other senior rebels in an encounter on Monday by security forces in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, police said. The killed top Maoist leader has been identified as Sahdeo Soren, a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and also one of the most wanted Maoist leaders in eastern India.&nbsp;According to the India Today report, Jharkhand Police confirmed that the operation was made successful in a joint operation with the CoBRA battalion, Giridih Police and Hazaribagh Police based on specific intelligence inputs. The gunfire between rebels and security forces erupted around 6 am in Karandi village under Tatijharia police station limits, near the Giridih–Bokaro border.&nbsp;Two other Maoist leaders identified as Raghunath Hembram alias Chanchal, a Bihar–Jharkhand Special Area Committee member carrying a Rs 25 lakh bounty, and Birsen Ganjhu alias Ramkhelawan, a zonal committee member carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh, were shot down in the encounter.&nbsp;Following the operation, security forces recovered the bodies of all those killed insurgents after the encounter. Meanwhile, a search operation is still underway in the forested region, officials revealed.<h3>A Maoist killed in Jharkhand&nbsp;</h3>Similarly, on Sunday and Saturday, two Maoists were killed or apprehended in encounters in Jharkhand and Maharashtra. A 38-year-old commander of the TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was shot down in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamu on Sunday. The Maoist, identified as Mukhdev Yadav alias Toofan, was gunned down for killing two policemen in the Keydaal jungle on September 3.&nbsp;Meanwhile, on Saturday, another notorious 32-year-old Maoist identified as Shankar Mahaka, carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in the Tekameta jungle of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. He was wanted by the NIA for the murder of a civilian in 2023&nbsp;Mahaka, who was on the NIA’s wanted list for the 2023 killing of a civilian, was captured by a joint team of C-60 commandos and local police while surveying security outposts for possible attacks.

The killed top Maoist leader has been identified as Sahdeo Soren, a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and also one of the most wanted Maoist leaders in eastern India.


A Maoist commander carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty was killed along with two other senior rebels in an encounter on Monday by security forces in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, police said. The killed top Maoist leader has been identified as Sahdeo Soren, a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and also one of the most wanted Maoist leaders in eastern India. According to the India Today report, Jharkhand Police confirmed that the operation was made successful in a joint operation with the CoBRA battalion, Giridih Police and Hazaribagh Police based on specific intelligence inputs. The gunfire between rebels and security forces erupted around 6 am in Karandi village under Tatijharia police station limits, near the Giridih–Bokaro border. Two other Maoist leaders identified as Raghunath Hembram alias Chanchal, a Bihar–Jharkhand Special Area Committee member carrying a Rs 25 lakh bounty, and Birsen Ganjhu alias Ramkhelawan, a zonal committee member carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh, were shot down in the encounter. Following the operation, security forces recovered the bodies of all those killed insurgents after the encounter. Meanwhile, a search operation is still underway in the forested region, officials revealed. A Maoist killed in Jharkhand Similarly, on Sunday and Saturday, two Maoists were killed or apprehended in encounters in Jharkhand and Maharashtra. A 38-year-old commander of the TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was shot down in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamu on Sunday. The Maoist, identified as Mukhdev Yadav alias Toofan, was gunned down for killing two policemen in the Keydaal jungle on September 3. Meanwhile, on Saturday, another notorious 32-year-old Maoist identified as Shankar Mahaka, carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in the Tekameta jungle of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. He was wanted by the NIA for the murder of a civilian in 2023 Mahaka, who was on the NIA’s wanted list for the 2023 killing of a civilian, was captured by a joint team of C-60 commandos and local police while surveying security outposts for possible attacks.

The killed top Maoist leader has been identified as Sahdeo Soren, a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and also one of the most wanted Maoist leaders in eastern India.

Top Maoist commander with Rs 1 crore bounty, 2 others killed in Jharkhand encounter

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Top Maoist commander Ganesh Uike, carrying Rs 1.1 crore bounty, killed in Odisha

Maoist commander with Rs 1 crore bounty, 2 others killed in Jharkhand encounter