In a major encounter in the Abujhmad forest area of Narayanpur, security forces killed 27 Naxalites, including Nambala Keshava Rao, also known as Basavaraju, who was the general secretary of the CPI (Maoist). According to IG Bastar P Sundarraj, weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the site. Basavaraju had been involved in Naxalite activities for 40 to 45 years and was connected to more than 200 such incidents. Watch video.