Three Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Odisha

Key Maoist leader Ganesh Uike was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Thursday, PTI quoted police officials as saying.

Apart from Uike, who carried a reward of Rs 1.1 crore on his head, three suspected Maoists were also killed in the gunfight, which took place in a forest in the Chakapad police station area.

Uike was the chief of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) in Odisha.

The identities of the three others who were killed are yet to be ascertained.