- KR Bharat
- 2025-12-25
Top Maoist leader Ganesh Uike, Odisha chief of the banned CPI(Maoist) outfit, was killed along with three other rebels in a gunfight with security forces in Kandhamal district on Thursday. Uike, 69, carried a Rs 1.1 crore bounty and had multiple aliases including Pakka Hanumantu, Rajesh Tiwari, Chamru, and Rupa. The identities of the other three Naxals, including two women, are yet to be confirmed. The encounter took place in a forest under Chakapad police station area.







