Top Maoist Leader Prabhakar Killed in Gadchiroli Encounter
Top Maoist Leader Prabhakar Killed in Gadchiroli Encounter
In a three-day anti-Naxal operation in Gadchiroli’s Abujmad, security forces killed top Maoist Prabhakar and six others; one jawan died and another was injured as weapons were seized.
In the ongoing anti-Maoist operations in the Abujmad region of Gadchiroli, security forces killed the top Maoist leader Prabhakar along with six other cadres, including three women, police said on Friday. Prabhakar, also known as Loketi Chandar Rao, carried a bounty of ₹25 lakh on his head and led the Maoists’ Gadchiroli Division Committee, West Sub-Zonal Bureau and Company No 10. A C-60 jawan, Deepak Chinna Madavi, died in action, while another jawan, Joga Madavi, was injured and airlifted for treatment. The firefight also yielded a significant haul of weapons, with three AK-47 rifles, one SLR and one .303 rifle recovered from the site.
