Overview
- Police confirmed six Maoists were killed in related actions in Kandhamal over two days, with four shot dead on Thursday and two on Wednesday.
- Uike, 69, a CPI (Maoist) central committee member and Odisha in‑charge carrying a ₹1.1 crore bounty, was identified among those killed in the Chakapad forest area.
- The three others slain on Thursday were identified as Rajani, Umesh and Sima, each carrying ₹1.65 lakh rewards, while Wednesday’s dead were Bari alias Rakesh and Amrit.
- Acting on Special Intelligence Wing inputs, 23 teams—20 SOG, two CRPF and one BSF—mounted the operation, seizing two INSAS rifles and a .303 rifle with no security‑force casualties reported.
- Amit Shah hailed a ‘major breakthrough’ as Odisha Police intensified combing, appealed to residents not to shelter injured cadres, and noted 22 recent Maoist surrenders in neighboring Malkangiri.