BHUBANESWAR: Dreaded Maoist commander Ganesh Uike, a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist) and carrying a bounty of Rs one crore, was killed in a major anti-Naxal operation in Odisha, police officials said on Thursday.
Uike was gunned down in an encounter with a joint security force team comprising Odisha Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and the Border Security Force (BSF) in the dense Rampa forest area along the Kandhamal-Ganjam district border.
Security officials said Ganesh Uike had been active in the Maoist movement for nearly four decades and was among the most wanted Maoist leaders in the country.