Maoist who blew up 14 security personnel shot dead in Gadchiroli

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on December 14, 2023

Maoist deputy commander Durgesh Watti, who engineered the 2019 Jambulkheda landmine blast that blew up 14 security personnel, was shot dead on Thursday by C-60 commandos in the dense Bodhintola forest in Gadchiroli along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border. Two more guerrillas were also killed in the hour-long encounter. The body...

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Variant of Marxism–Leninism

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City in Maharashtra, India

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